Alibaba plans to make large commercial users pay for its next open-source Qwen model through revenue sharing, borrowing a monetisation tactic from rival Moonshot.

Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max, second-largest in China, achieves performance second only to models from Anthropic, tests find

The first Qwen Max model with public weights is free to download next week. Alibaba's own scorecard says the Americans still win on code.

Alibaba releases Qwen Max AI model for free. Best AI model by August 2026 at 0.2% YES.

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