Alibaba releases open Qwen3.8 with 2.4T total, 95B active parameters

Alibaba released its 2.4-trillion-parameter Qwen3.8 model as open weights, giving operators a text-only checkpoint with about 95 billion parameters active per token.

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Primary source: Hugging Face

Why it matters

Qwen3.8 gives AI teams access to the weights for a Qwen-Max-class model, but its scale requires substantial serving infrastructure. The downloadable checkpoint is text-only, always uses thinking mode and activates about 95 billion parameters per token.

Illustration of Alibaba Qwen3.8 depicted as a monumental data structure with labeled access points and networked connections, highlighting 2.4T total and 95B active parameters.

Alibaba released its 2.4-trillion-parameter Qwen3.8 model as open weights, giving operators a text-only checkpoint with about 95 billion parameters active per token.

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