Alibaba Qwen 3.8 Max Open-Source Release
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Alibaba announced the 2.4 trillion‑parameter Qwen 3.8 Max model as an open‑source AI, prompting praise from Matthew Berman for its frontier‑grade performance and low cost, while Wes Roth warns it could enable cyber attacks and spark a cybersecurity nightmare—attention is driven by the model’s unprecedented scale, open‑source release, and security implications.
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Open-source is WINNING
Alibaba's open-source Quen 3.8 Max (2.4T parameters) is positioned as a frontier-grade rival to US closed models like GPT 5.6 Soul, with the creator highlighting its autonomous research-paper reproduction and chip-design capabilities, but cautioning that token efficiency and general performance may lag Fable despite lower pricing.
QWEN just CRASHED the industry
Alibaba's release of Qwen 3.8 Max, a 2.4-trillion-parameter open-source model with claimed autonomous coding and business simulation abilities, is framed by the creator as an imminent cybersecurity nightmare due to its upcoming weight release, allegedly enabling cyber attacks similar to those used in Bitcoin theft.