China’s Alibaba takes another swipe at America’s AI supremacy

Alibaba has launched Qwen3.8-Max, its largest AI model with 2.4 trillion parameters, claiming performance comparable to leading US models like Anthropic's Fable 5 and OpenAI's systems. The model will be widely available with open weights next week, emphasizing Alibaba's commitment to open-weight AI releases amid US-China tech competition.