Qwen 4 (announced as in training, NOT released)
At Apsara 2026 Alibaba said Qwen 4 is in training with no date; reports cite four tiers and 5-10T-parameter goals for Qwen 4.5 and 5.
A forward announcement only. There are no weights, pricing or context window. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next was described as an early preview of the Qwen4 architecture. Alibaba's own statement confirms 'in training'; tier names come from conference reporting.
- Date
- Tuesday, 22 September 2026
- Lab
- Alibaba (Qwen)
- Kind
- model
- Access
- closed API
Alibaba Group's Apsara 2026 recap (dated 2026-09-25) confirms Qwen 4 is 'in training' and that Qwen 4.5 and Qwen 5 are planned at roughly 5 to 10 trillion parameters; the four tier names (Max, Flash, Plus, 27B) come only from secondary coverage I could not open. The dates conflict, since other coverage says the preview was 2026-09-22 while the recap's header gives 2026-09-25 as the conference day. No release date, price, weights or benchmarks exist. 'closed API' is a placeholder.
Sources
- www.versely.studio/blog/qwen-4-announced-at-apsara-2026
- releasebot.io/updates/qwen
- www.alibabagroup.com/en-US/document-2041268239081668608
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