Alibaba's new Qwen model is also taking your job, but this time it's great
Alibaba is marketing its new AI model Qwen 3.8 with a video that shows the AI working while a person enjoys their hobbies. It's a deliberate contrast to the job loss warnings from OpenAI and Anthropic. Of course, it's still just marketing. The article Alibaba's new Qwen model is also taking your job, but this time it's great appeared first on The Decoder .
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Published: 3 August 2026
Source: The Decoder
Category: News
Topics: Jobs & economy
Retrieved: 4 August 2026
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