The Chinese tech giant Alibaba unveiled its new AI model, the Qwen3.8-Max, describing it as its largest and most advanced AI model to date, according to N12.
The Chinese tech giant Alibaba has unveiled its new AI model, the Qwen3.8-Max, which it describes as its largest and most advanced AI model to date, according to a report by N12.
The announcement comes amid a turbulent period for Alibaba in the AI sector. The Zioneer previously reported that the U.S. Pentagon designated Alibaba as having ties to the People's Liberation Army, and that U.S. AI company Anthropic accused Alibaba of copying its Claude model in what it called the most severe known case of 'distillation.' Alibaba has denied the allegations.
The Qwen3.8-Max model is positioned as a direct competitor to advanced models from OpenAI, Google, and Chinese rivals like Baidu and DeepSeek. Details on its capabilities and availability remain limited.
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