Alibaba previews next-generation Qwen4 architecture with Qwen3.8-Flash-Next model

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Published: 2026-08-28
Category: technology
Source: unrot.co

Alibaba's Qwen team has released Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, an experimental open-weight model that offers a preview of the architecture intended for the upcoming Qwen4 family. This new model incorporates a reworked attention design, which the team refers to as Qwen Sparse Attention.

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