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The AI Daily Brief · Monday, August 10, 2026

Alibaba Explores Revenue Sharing for Open-Sourced Qwen 3-X Max Model

Alibaba has released the weights for its Qwen 3-X Max model, but plans to demand revenue sharing from large commercial users. This model's release is seen as a shift from Alibaba's previous signal of moving away from open source, and the revenue sharing model is compared to Moonshot's approach with its Kim C3 model.

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According to Reuters, however, there is a catch. Reports suggest that Alibaba plans to demand revenue sharing from large commercial users.
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Open source AI just entered its licensing era.
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Heard on The AI Daily Brief — “What the Heck is Graph Engineering?, published Monday, August 10, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Alibaba Explores Revenue Sharing for Open-Sourced Qwen 3-X Max Model — Heardvine