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Alibaba ships Qwen3.8-Max with 2.4T parameters, autonomous coding capability.

Alibaba unveiled Qwen3.8-Max, its most capable model to date at 2.4T parameters. The model achieved autonomous coding for 10+ days of self-evolving development from an empty folder to production. Open weights for both Qwen3.8-Max and Qwen3.8-27B will be released next week.

ACROSS THE WIRE · TIER 3
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TIME
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MISC
Developer publishes personal AI benchmark testing SVG generation capabilities
Research
1
7.7k
15d
14
MISC
AI art controversy generates debate over creative rights and ethics.
Design
1
7.7k
14d
15
USCHINA
US tech hawkishness toward China raises mutual suspicion concerns.
Policy
1
14d
16
CHINA
Commercial sea drones emerge as new challenge for PLA in South China Sea.
Policy
1
14d
17
MISC
Guardrail Guy viral posts about Flock AI cameras lead to vandalism.
Policy
1
14d
18
CHINAAI
Xi opens World AI Conference as China weighs tech divide and governance gaps.
Policy
1
14d
19
US
US ban on Chinese open-weight AI models could cost American businesses $12 billion annually.
Policy
1
15d
20
MISC
MIT Technology Review explains why AI agents lie and cheat.
Research
1
14d
21
SIMONW
Simon Willison releases condense-json 1.0 library for JSON text deduplication
1
15d
22
MISC
Import AI explores self-sustaining AI viruses, pacing progress, AI creativity.
Research
1
14d
23
CHINAAI
Chinese researchers publish asteroid deflection study using nuclear burial method
Research
1
15d
24
JD
JD.com ships AI smart helmet for food delivery couriers.
Ships
1
14d
25
MISC
Interconnects launches Artifacts Hub and Adoption Dashboard for open AI ecosystem.
1
14d
26
META
Meta misses Q2 earnings on AI infrastructure spend; investors skeptical of AI product promises.
Ships
1
14d
27
OPNCLW
MicroCodex releases open coding agent reimplementation of Codex in under 1MB.
1
15d
28
MISC
June startup exits stealth with $20M pre-seed to simplify AI deployment.
Ships
1
14d
29
ANTHRP
Security researchers find Anthropic Claude package exfiltrated system keys.
Drama
1
15d
30
MISC
Fender CEO draws backlash for calling bandmates analog AI
Drama
1
15d
31
MISC
Tech giants race to recruit AI researchers years before graduation.
Ships
1
14d
32
CHINAAI
AI healthcare emerges as China's next global growth engine.
Ships
1
14d