←Back to NewsAI News/AgentsnewsAgentsVideoAlibaba's Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash Cuts Video AI Costs by 89% With Agent Tool UseAlibaba's new omni-modal model reasons over audio and video, orchestrates tools across long workflows, and cuts video input costs by roughly 89%.SourceQwenPublishedSep 18, 2026, 3:16 AMAuthorAlphaSignal NewsroomRead1 min readAlibaba's new omni-modal model reasons over audio and video, orchestrates tools across long workflows, and cuts video input costs by roughly 89%.Reporting is indexed from AlphaSignal. Rights remain with the original publisher and cited sources.Read original report ↗Next readsAlphaSignal · repoHypit Lets Claude Code Turn Short-Form Videos Into Editable CodeRunway · newsRunway Rebuilds Gen-4.5 to Stream Video Frames in Real TimeAlphaSignal · repoTencent Releases Octop, a Self-Hosted Multi-User AI Platform in One Process