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Sep 18, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash Cuts Costs 98% While Matching Gemini 3.8 Flash

Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash slashes API costs by 98% for audio and 93% for audio-video, offers 1M context, beats Qwen3.5-Omni-Plus by 25% on benchmarks, surpasses Gemini 3.8 Flash in audio understanding, and introduces real-time spatial audio localization for robotics.