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    Qwen 4 is not out yet. As of 5 November 2026 there is no Qwen 4 model card, download, API name or price. The only thing Alibaba has put in writing is that Qwen 4 “is currently in training”. The closest thing to a Qwen 4 release date is one sentence from a conference audience.…

    Chinese and Hong Kong stocks fell on Friday as a technology-led selloff on Wall Street spread across Asian markets, intensifying concerns that the artificial intelligence boom could be losing momentum. However, bargain hunting helped mainland Chinese equities recover some ground after an initial wave of heavy selling, supported by Beijing’s efforts to stabilise markets, Reuters…

    Semiconductor equipment giant ASML and chipmaker TSMC are pushing the semiconductor industry toward 12-inch photomasks, a larger format that could make High-NA EUV lithography more productive and cost-effective for advanced chip manufacturing.The companies announced an industry-wide initiative on September 7 to develop the infrastructure needed for the transition. The effort targets a 12-inch mask pilot…

    Let’s start with a recent, increasingly common scenario in the Risk Management department of large banks. Let’s say a risk model validator at a large bank opens a submission. The model is an AI assistant that reads a borrower’s financial statements, pulls relevant third-party research, and drafts the first version of a credit memo. It…