Qwen 3.8 27B scores 52 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

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The Qwen 3.8 27B AI model achieved a score of 52 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, as highlighted in a blog post by Simon Willison.

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# Qwen 3.8 27B scores 52 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index Source: [https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/17/qwen-38-27b-scores-52/](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/17/qwen-38-27b-scores-52/) This is a**link post**by Simon Willison, posted on[17th August 2026](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/17/)\. [ai2,191](https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai/)[generative\-ai1,940](https://simonwillison.net/tags/generative-ai/)[llms1,907](https://simonwillison.net/tags/llms/)[qwen60](https://simonwillison.net/tags/qwen/)[ai\-in\-china106](https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai-in-china/)[artificial\-analysis9](https://simonwillison.net/tags/artificial-analysis/) ### Monthly briefing Sponsor me for**$10/month**and get a curated email digest of the month's most important LLM developments\. Pay me to send you less\! [Sponsor & subscribe](https://github.com/sponsors/simonw/)

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