Alibaba responds to Kimi with 2.4 trillion parameter Qwen3.8-Max-Preview which it says is better than every fronteir model except Anthropic’s.

- Qwen3.8-Max-Preview is now officially available on Alibaba's Token Plan, Qoder, and QoderWork. - The model features 2.4T parameters - Qwen claims it's "second only to Fable 5." - The model previously on LMArena under the stealth name "Kaleb". - It is very strong frontend generation, with an open-weight release coming soon. - Global availability is expected by the end of July.