Alibaba Launches 2.4T Parameter Qwen3.8-Max MoE Model with 0.2x Pricing
Alibaba released Qwen3.8-Max-Preview, a 2.4 trillion parameter MoE multimodal model with 1M context window. It launched Qoder platform and Token Plan with aggressive discounts up to 0.2x, significantly reducing inference cost. The company claims it is second only to Anthropic Fable 5, marking China's AI entry into dual-track of parameter arms race and open-source competition.