Norm of a generalized Hilbert matrix

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Given positive numbers $a_1,\ldots, a_m, b_1,\ldots, b_n$, define a $m\times n$ matrix

$X_{ij}=(a_i-b_j)/(a_i+b_j)$.

It is a bit similar to the Hilbert matrix.

The question is whether its spectral norm can be upper bounded by some absolute constant?