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title: "Alibaba releases Qwen3.8-Flash, an open-weight, 125B-parameter model built on its next-gen Qwen 4 architecture, saying it rivals Opus 4.6 and V4-Flash"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/alibaba-releases-qwen3-8-flash-an-open-weight-125b-parameter-model-3e4034d6
published: 2026-08-27T03:01:02.484Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Alibaba releases Qwen3.8-Flash, an open-weight, 125B-parameter model built on its next-gen Qwen 4 architecture, saying it rivals Opus 4.6 and V4-Flash

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-08-27 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/alibaba-releases-qwen3-8-flash-an-open-weight-125b-parameter-model-3e4034d6

In this story: [Qwen 4](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/qwen-4)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-26/alibaba-releases-smaller-cost-effective-qwen-ai-model)

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