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Alibaba releases Qwen 3.8 Omni Flash

The gist

Alibaba released Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash, an omnimodal model with a 1M-token context window.
It cuts audio input API prices over 98%, reshaping cost for audio-video AI work.

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 18, 2026Alibaba/Qwen launches Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash, a native omnimodal model, available on the Qianwen AI Platform.
  2. Sep 18, 2026The model supports text, image, audio, and video inputs with a 1M-token context window, and Alibaba Cloud Model Studio lists it in multiple regions.
  3. Sep 18, 2026Alibaba reports average scores improving by more than 25% over Qwen3.5-Omni-Plus across 29 evaluations, with API price per hour of audio input down more than 98%.

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