China’s Alibaba takes another swipe at America’s AI supremacy
Alibaba has released its latest AI model, Qwen3.8-Max, which it claims can compete with top US models like Anthropic's Claude Fable 5. The model has 2.4 trillion parameters and has performed well in benchmark tests, trailing only a few top models. The release intensifies competition between China and the US in the AI industry, with China's firms rapidly narrowing the gap with US companies.
- ▪Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max model has 2.4 trillion parameters and has performed well in benchmark tests.
- ▪The model's release follows the release of Moonshot's Kimi K3 model, which also has a high parameter count.
- ▪Alibaba will release the weights for Qwen3.8-Max next week, giving developers more control over the model.
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