Alibaba Qwen drops Qwen3.8-Max and 27B, open weights coming next week

[AINews] Qwen 3.8 Max(2.4T) and 27B, new open weights models for Coding and Cowork

Alibaba Qwen announced Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4T-parameter model, and Qwen3.8-27B, both promised as open weights. Max claims 10+ days of autonomous coding, a 125-hour self-directed research loop beating the original paper by 2.71 points, and a 4.16x return in a 365-day e-commerce sim. API pricing is $2/M input, $6/M output. I'd hold the champagne: the post doesn't include standard academic benchmarks, and the exact open-weight date and license aren't specified.

Why it matters: Alibaba Qwen drops a 2.4T Qwen3.8-Max targeting long-horizon coding and agent tasks, with concrete benchmarks. Domestic flagship release triggers the positive bump. Not 95 because we only have the official blog and Latent Space's secondhand coverage — no independent repro or c...