Alibaba releases weights for Qwen3.8 models under Apache 2.0 license, including Qwen3.8-27B, which it says beats Qwen3.7-Plus and excels in real-world coding (@alibaba_qwen)

Alibaba has released the weights for its Qwen3.8 models under an Apache 2.0 license. This release includes the Qwen3.8-27B model, which Alibaba states surpasses its predecessor, Qwen3.7-Plus, in overall performance. The Qwen3.8-27B is described as a native multimodal dense model with 27 billion parameters, excelling particularly in real-world coding and office workflows. It also features a 262K native context, extendable to 1M.