Alibaba to Share Its Largest AI Model Freely

Alibaba announced Qwen3.8-Max on August 3, 2026 — its largest AI model to date. The company plans to let anyone download the model's core building blocks within a week. Rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI only let customers use their top models through paid online access. Qwen3.8-Max ranks just behind Fable 5 and three Opus-family models on the Arena.AI leaderboard.