The First Open Max: Alibaba's 2.4 Trillion Parameter Qwen3.8 and the Open Weight Balance of Power - August 8, 2026

The First Open Max: Alibaba's 2.4 Trillion Parameter Qwen3.8 and the Open Weight Balance of Power Alibaba released Qwen3.8-Max on August 3, a 2.4 trillion parameter sparse mixture of experts model, and then announced that the weights themselves land during the week of August 10, the first time a Max class flagship has ever been slated for open release. Chris and Laura dig into the benchmark claims, the still unconfirmed license, and the uncomfortable objection that almost nobody can actually...