Alibaba Teases Next-Gen Qwen4 AI Model, Releases Qwen4-Max Preview

At a glance

Alibaba has announced that its next-generation AI model, Qwen4, is coming soon. It also released a preview of Qwen4-Max, its top-tier model.

Key points

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   The Qwen4-Max preview is available through Alibaba's Token Plan, a pay-by-usage option.

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   New models can also be tried early in QwenWork, Qoder, the Qwen app, and QwenStudio.

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   Alibaba says it improved coding, professional software development, and agentic AI, meaning AI that carries out multi-step tasks on its own.

Why it matters

It signals that AI competition is shifting from answering questions toward doing real work.