Alibaba’s AI coded for 16 days straight and every commit is on GitHub
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Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max coding for 16 days, impressive large model capability with open-source commits.
Summary
Alibaba released Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4T-parameter sparse MoE model (95B active per token) that autonomously coded a CLI app over 16 days, producing 265 commits and 127 PRs on GitHub. Priced at $2/$6 per million tokens, it's open-weight but requires massive GPU infrastructure, making it viable only for large orgs. The model's long-running agent capability highlights the critical need for robust orchestration and guardrails, as seen with Anthropic's Mendral acquisition.