If you're paying anything for a closed AI model, this is about to blow your mind.

The video highlights a powerful, open-source AI model that can run locally, addressing common pain points like cost and data privacy associated with cloud-based AI solutions. This offers a clear value proposition for businesses and individuals.

Alibaba has announced Qwen 3.8, with open weights dropping next week. The flagship model competes with others, but the smaller Qwen 3.8 27B runs locally on 17GB RAM, offering cost and privacy benefits for users handling sensitive data.

Qwen @Alibaba_Qwen: Meet Qwen3.8-Max — our most capable model to date. Next week, the open weights of Qwen3.8-Max will be released, and Qwen3.8-27B is also going Open-weigh... Qwen 3.8-Max (acts: AI model, generates text, competes with other models, its performance is benchmarked) - its performance is benchmarked in the video, and it is stated to be the most capable model to date. Removing it would change the video's subject. Qwen 3.8-27B (acts: AI model, runs locally on 17GB RAM, has no per-token cost, no usage caps, and no company deciding its plan cost) - it is stated to run locally on a user's machine, and its benefits are explained. Removing it would change the video's subject. Alibaba (appears: company name associated with Qwen models) - its name appears as the developer of Qwen models. Removing it would not change what happens in the video, as the models are the focus. Claude (appears: AI model name) - mentioned as a competitor to Qwen. Removing it would not change what happens in the video. Opus 4.8 (appears: AI model name) - mentioned as a competitor to Qwen. Removing it would not change what happens in the video. Fable 5 (appears: AI model name) - mentioned as a competitor to Qwen. Removing it would not change what happens in the video.