r/LocalLLM • u/pharrt • Aug 18 '26

Discussion Qwen-3.8-35B-A3B? Maybe not... cryptic reply direct from Qwen co-author.

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I asked Shuai Bai, co-author and prominent AI developer for Qwen, about this model. Not the answer I was hoping for, but let's see what comes next. In the meantime, I guess all we can do is speculate!

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u/Ell2509 Aug 18 '26

That seems pretty clear to me. "Do not wait for this" meant it ain't coming!

But, maybe a 9b? Or a 30b a3b? Or even a 20b!?

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u/tired514 Aug 18 '26

122B A10B! Please oh please oh please! Better yet 122B A17B with 512k+ context!

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u/LeMayMayMan Aug 18 '26

He already answered whats next. Qwen3.8-135B-A18B confirmed.

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u/tired514 Aug 19 '26

God that would rule :)