Astar: Alibaba & Zhejiang Univ's AI That Guides AI Evolution, Beating Human Experts 100x Faster
Alibaba and Zhejiang University's Astar learns from AI systems' own Git history to propose evolution strategies, achieving 54–68% single-shot success rates versus 31% for GPT-5.5 and 32% for human experts, and delivering 23.6% offline HitRate and 4.86% GMV gains in Lazada's ad system through 20 fully automated iterations.
