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.

Discover why Alibaba is becoming China’s AI hub with a full-stack cloud edge and key AI stakes—yet trades at a discount.

Alibaba’s Qwen3.8-Max offers lower token prices and promised open weights, but IT teams must weigh infrastructure, licensing, and benchmark caveats.

Chinese tech giant says its latest open weight model is built for complex real-world tasks and long running AI agents.

Chinese AI lab Moonshot reportedly has a compute capacity agreement with Alibaba Cloud to the tune of 20,000 Nvidia GPUs. As reported by Bloomberg and citing people familiar with both companies' operations, the Nvidia GPUs make up a large proportion of Moonshot's total compute capacity used for the training and running of the Kimi models.

Alibaba stock climbed after the company launched its powerful Qwen3.8-Max AI model, boosting investor confidence with advanced features and open-source plans.

Alibaba says Qwen3.8-Max uses 2.4 trillion parameters for long-running AI tasks, with open weights planned for developers and enterprises.

Alibaba launches Qwen3.8-Max AI model, claiming top performance. Best AI model by August 2026 at 0.1% YES, Anthropic at 95% YES.

Alibaba says its latest model can compete with Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5.