Alibaba has released Qwen3.8-Max, its largest and most capable AI model to date.
The headline specifications are absurd: 2.4 trillion total parameters, 95 billion activated per token, multimodal input, and a one-million-token context window.
But the specification sheet is not the most interesting part.
Alibaba says Qwen3.8-Max operated autonomously for roughly 16 days, starting with an empty repository and building a working software project through issues, code changes, testing, pull requests, and self-correction.
That sounds impressive. It also sounds suspiciously like the sort of claim that deserves more inspection than a celebratory repost.
