Qwen3.8-Max built an app in 16 days, beating human coders
alibaba released qwen3.8-max, a 2.4t parameter model that autonomously built software and reproduced research papers for days, signaling a shift toward long-horizon agents.
alibaba unveiled qwen3.8-max, a 2.4-trillion-parameter model designed to handle complex, multi-day tasks without human intervention. in internal tests, the model autonomously built a command-line tool with 265 commits over 16 days, reproduced and improved upon research paper results, and outperformed 458 human teams in a coding challenge. the model uses a mixture-of-experts architecture with 95b active parameters per query, matching the performance of top western proprietary models. by demonstrating sustained autonomous reasoning and planning, qwen3.8-max sets a new standard for open-weight agents and intensifies the race for agentic systems. weights will be released publicly next week.