Alibaba's Qwen team says its newest model can design a computer chip and rewrite a research paper — all without a human watching over it, matching skills its rival Anthropic already claims for Claude.

The Chinese tech giant hailed its model as its “most capable.”

Alibaba launches Qwen3.8-Max AI model, claiming top performance. Best AI model by August 2026 at 0.1% YES, Anthropic at 95% YES.