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Alibaba launches Qwen3.7-Max, a proprietary agent model

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Alibaba released Qwen3.7-Max, a proprietary model for agent work offered through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio. Alibaba said the model ran a 35-hour fully autonomous kernel-optimisation task, invoking tools more than 1,000 times, and works with agent tools including Claude Code and Qwen Code.

Why it matters

Alibaba kept its strongest model closed while releasing smaller Qwen models openly.

When
20 May 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0207
Where
China
Who
Alibaba Cloud

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Qwen. Checked against the source on 10 Oct 2026.

Source copy: download the page text as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2026-0207: “Alibaba launches Qwen3.7-Max, a proprietary agent model.” wheresthe.ai, 20 May 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/cn-alibaba-qwen-3-7-max-2026-05/ (source: Qwen: Qwen3.7).

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