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Qwen 3.8 27B open-weight model shows long context and tool calling
Alibaba's Qwen lab releases Qwen 3.8 27B, an Apache 2 licensed 27B-parameter vision model with long context, tool calling, and code generation capabilities.
Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: Qwen 3.8 27B shows a 17GB open-weight general purpose model can have long context, effective tool calling, strong vision ability, and competent code generation — Friday's big release was Qwen 3.8 27B, an Apache 2 licensed 27B parameter vision-capable LLM from Alibaba's Qwen research lab.
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