Alibaba Previews Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4 Trillion-Parameter Multimodal Model, Days After Moonshot’s Kimi K3 Open-Weight Launch

Alibaba previewed Qwen3.8-Max-Preview, a 2.4 trillion-parameter multimodal MoE model available on Token Plan, Qoder, and QoderWork at 10% pricing. Alibaba claims it is second only to Fable 5, though benchmarks and licenses remain unavailable. Meanwhile, Moonshot AI temporarily suspended new consumer subscriptions for Kimi. This decision follows the launch of Kimi K3, as overwhelming user demand pushed the company's compute infrastructure to its limits within 48 hours of the model's release.