Alibaba to Introduce Revenue Sharing for Qwen3.8-Max Usage

According to Reuters, Alibaba is preparing a new policy requiring large enterprise users of its Qwen3.8-Max AI model to share a portion of their revenue. This policy targets companies earning over $20 million annually, who will need to pay a fee after downloading and deploying the model. This move could set a precedent in the AI industry, where open-source and open-weight models traditionally offer free access to weights. Introducing a paid model for such open-weight AI could alter existing business models and encourage the development of commercial solutions based on open models.