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Alibaba is planning to charge big commercial users of its next open-source AI model

The company plans to require large commercial users of Qwen3.8-Max to share a portion of revenue, following a similar move by Moonshot AI

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Alibaba plans to require large commercial users of the open-weight version of its Qwen3.8-Max AI model to share a portion of the revenue they generate from it, according to Reuters, citing two people familiar with the company's plans.

The company intends to roll out the measure alongside the open-weight release of Qwen3.8-Max, which Reuters reports is expected next week. The specific revenue-share rate has not been finalized, as........

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