The Verge
8/3/2026
The original headline is: "Alibaba releases Qwen3.8-Max, claims performance rivaling US frontier AI labs"
Original: China’s Alibaba takes another swipe at America’s AI supremacy
Short summary
Alibaba released Qwen3.8-Max, its largest and most capable AI model to date, claiming performance on par with frontier models from Anthropic and OpenAI as well as domestic rival Moonshot AI's Kimi K3. The model was made widely available via a blog post after being previewed last month, when Alibaba claimed it was second only to Anthropic's Fable 5. The open release intensifies the ongoing US-China AI competition across both technological and geopolitical fronts.
- •Alibaba released Qwen3.8-Max, claiming it rivals Anthropic and OpenAI frontier models
- •Model was made widely available after a preview last month
- •Release adds to escalating US-China AI tensions
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