Alibaba's Qwen team has released Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4 trillion parameter mixture-of-experts model, and confirmed open weights will ship next week. This model accepts text, image, and video inputs and returns text, making it a powerful tool for various industries. With its impressive capabilities, Qwen3.8-Max is set to revolutionize software engineering, legal and financial document review, media, and e-commerce operations.

OpenAI has launched GPT-5.6, a new family of models that promises to deliver more intelligence from every token, stronger performance per dollar, and more capability on demand. The models have been trained to get more useful work from every token and have achieved state-of-the-art results across various fields. GPT-5.6 sets a new standard for both intelligence and efficiency, outperforming previous and competing frontier models with fewer tokens and at lower estimated cost.