#qwen
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A computer in the weights: a working RISC-V CPU compiled into Qwen 3.5
Developer Divyansh Agrawal has compiled a 32-bit RISC-V processor directly into the weights of Qwen 3.5 4B. The model's own Gated DeltaNet layers serve as RAM, and no external tools are involved.
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Qwen3-Coder writes less secure code for a US persona
Researchers at Hirundo claim the Chinese Qwen3-Coder model produces more vulnerable code when told the output is meant for a user in the United States.
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Qwen-Image-2.1: a compact model for image generation
The Qwen team has unveiled Qwen-Image-2.1, an image-creation model its developers describe as compact, efficient, and unified.
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Qwen prepares the Flash-Next model: 125 billion parameters with 6 billion active
A page for a new language model in the Qwen family — Flash-Next — has been spotted on the ModelScope platform; judging by the name, its release is expected very soon.
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Qwen 3.8 27B Cracked a Reverse-Engineering Job in Half an Hour
A writer at XDA Developers handed the open-source Qwen language model a reverse-engineering task — and, by his account, it finished the job in about thirty minutes.
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Why a Local LLM Seems Dumber Than It Really Is
A poster on the Level1Techs forum ran a series of experiments showing that the very same model weights produce different tokens depending on the hardware and software — and that there's some very concrete math behind it.
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Qwen3.8-27B: 32 demos put together in one sitting
To mark the release of the Qwen3.8-27B model, a gallery of 32 self-contained demo pages, generated in a single session, has been published. Some of the works are shown at different compute precisions.
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Qwen3.8-Max: a new bar for programming and collaboration
The Qwen team has unveiled the Qwen3.8-Max model, positioning it as a tool for writing code and for collaborative work. The announcement drew notable attention on Hacker News.
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Alibaba Prepares to Release Open Model Qwen3.8
The Qwen developers have announced the launch of Qwen3.8, whose weights will soon be available in open access. The news drew notable interest on Hacker News.
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Apple Intelligence Approved for Launch in China Running on Alibaba's Qwen
Chinese authorities have approved the launch of Apple Intelligence in the country — its AI features will run on Alibaba's Qwen model. The agreement, reported to be in the works as far back as last year, marks a major step forward for Apple's AI ambitions in a key market.