This does not include any particularly large models. But the models it contains (Qwen3.6 27B and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B) are the local models people have been very excited about lately. So they didn't release any larger models, and the models people praise so much are from this most recent release.
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Yes and no.
Qwen 3.5 was released 3/2/2026. It includes models up to a 397B-A17B model
https://huggingface.co/collections/Qwen/qwen35
A day afterwards, a high-up technical leader working on Qwen was let go
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/alibabas-qwen-tech-lead-st...
The more recent Qwen 3.6 was released on 4/16
https://huggingface.co/collections/Qwen/qwen36
This does not include any particularly large models. But the models it contains (Qwen3.6 27B and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B) are the local models people have been very excited about lately. So they didn't release any larger models, and the models people praise so much are from this most recent release.