alt Hacker NewsWorth noting that this model, unlike almost all qwen models, is not open-weight, nor is the parameter count exposed. Also odd that it is compared against opus 4.5 even though 4.6 was released like 2 months ago.
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cpburns2009 • today at 4:21 PM
If Opus 4.6 was only released two months ago, then it seems reasonable that Qwen hasn't finished fully comparing against the latest Opus.
zozbot234 • today at 3:29 PM
I wouldn't say "almost all" seeing as -MAX and -Omni models were always closed.
They said in the last paragraph[0]:
"[...] In the coming days, we will also open-source smaller-scale variants, reaffirming our commitment to accessibility and community-driven innovation. [...]"
[0] https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.6#summary--future-work