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Qwen 3.6 VLM Struggles With Visual Search Task, Tests Awaited on Qwen 3.8

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Reports indicate Qwen 3.6 VLM, including a 27B variant, still struggles with visual search tasks like finding a character in a complex scene. Users express interest in seeing how the upcoming Qwen 3.8 model performs on the same task.

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Timeline · 3 reports

  1. 2026-08-26 03:51 · r/LocalLLM
    Qwen 3.6 27B playing “Where’s Waldo?”
  2. 2026-08-26 03:47 · r/deeplearning
    Qwen 3.6 VLM playing “Where’s Waldo?”
  3. 2026-08-26 03:46 · r/computervision
    Qwen 3.6 VLM playing “Where’s Waldo?”

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