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Alibaba presents Qwen3.8 – calls it number two after Anthropic's Fable 5
Alibaba has presented Qwen3.8 and claims that the model's capabilities are only surpassed by Anthropic's Fable 5. This is a new large language model from the Chinese giant.
WHY IT MATTERS
The launch marks Qwen competing directly with top models from Western laboratories, and underscores the intense arms race among frontrunners in AI development.
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