Alibaba’s Qwen has released Qwen-Image-2.1, an open-weight image-generation and editing model with a 7 billion parameter visual component. Qwen announces in an official blog post that the model combines text-to-image generation, image editing, and native transparency support in one system. The release targets a growing demand for image models that can do more than create …
Qwen3.8 27B can handle everyday local AI tasks such as document classification, feed summaries, and long discussion recaps, according to benchmarks from a Mac Studio. However, its new architecture currently produces text much more slowly than its predecessor on Apple hardware. Hemant Kumar writes for TerminalBytes that the 27.3-billion-parameter model generated an average of 14 …
Alibaba has introduced Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, a multimodal AI model designed to deliver strong coding and workplace performance while using far less computing power than larger rivals. Matthias Bastian reports for The Decoder that the release also previews architectural ideas Alibaba plans to bring to its future Qwen4 model family. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next contains 125 billion parameters overall, but …
Alibaba has released Qwen3.8-27B, an open-weight AI model designed to handle coding, reasoning, images and video on local machines. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that the 27-billion-parameter model is available under the Apache 2.0 licence, allowing companies and developers to download, adapt and host it themselves. The release has attracted attention because of its balance …
Alibaba plans to require large commercial users of its upcoming Qwen3.8-Max AI model to share part of the revenue they generate from it, according to people familiar with the strategy. Stephen Nellis and Eduardo Baptista report for Reuters that the company intends to introduce the rule when it releases the next version of Qwen. The …
Qwen has made its Qwen3.8-Max model generally available through QwenCloud, positioning it as its most capable model so far. Qwen announces in its official blog that the model has 2.4 trillion total parameters, with 95 billion active parameters, and that open weights will follow next week. The company says Qwen3.8-Max is built on the Qwen …
Qwen has introduced Qwen-Image-3.0, a new image-generation model designed for information-heavy visuals, small text and realistic details. QwenTeam announces the model in an official Qwen blog post, describing its central goal as making generated images more useful in practical work. The company says Qwen-Image-3.0 accepts instructions of up to 4,500 tokens. That capacity is intended …
Alibaba has released a preview of Qwen3.8 Max, the latest flagship model from its Qwen AI unit. The company says the model ranks among the strongest systems now available and compares with leading frontier models. Bloomberg News reports that Alibaba describes Qwen3.8 Max as second only to Anthropic’s Fable 5. The Hangzhou based company makes …
Alibaba has released Qwen3.7-Max, a proprietary AI model built specifically for autonomous, long-running tasks. The model is available exclusively through Alibaba Cloud’s paid API and is not open source, marking a significant shift from the company’s previous approach. The Qwen Team, Alibaba’s AI research group, says the model completed a continuous 35-hour engineering task entirely …
Alibaba’s Qwen research team has released two new series of open source AI models that run on consumer hardware, from desktop PCs to smartphones. The releases cover a range of sizes, from 0.8 billion to 122 billion parameters, and are available for free download under the Apache 2.0 license on Hugging Face and ModelScope. The …