Qwen 3.8 27B Matches Frontier Models in Reverse-Engineering Tests

Developers report that Qwen 3.8 27B completed reverse-engineering tasks in about 30 minutes, including a commercial license check and firmware/software preservation for an early-2000s ARM POS system. It also beat Opus 4 in one task, suggesting open models can rival costly frontier models for specialized engineering work.

2026-08-23 ~ 2026-08-24 · 3 related posts

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