JA Solar told investors at an Aug. 28 earnings briefing it is continuing to monitor precious-metal substitution technologies and has multiple R&D routes in development. The silver-clad copper route is at a pilot mass-production stage; internal analysis shows that at current silver prices it offers no clear economic advantage and its reliability remains unproven. The company will maintain long-term R&D investment and may adopt the route depending on silver-price trends and technical maturity.

市场消息：美国国防部副部长埃尔布里奇·科尔比日就美国关键防务目标征询北约成员国的支持，这是美国即将对驻欧美军展开关键评估前的首次测试。

OpenAI has appointed Sandhya Devanathan, a senior executive from Meta Platforms (META.O), to lead its Southeast Asia and Australia business to capture growth across markets of more than 600 million people. Devanathan will be OpenAI’s top regional official, based in Singapore and reporting to APAC managing director Kiran Mani, responsible for consumer user growth, enterprise adoption and partnerships, operations and regulatory engagement. She will take up the newly created role in October. Devanathan said on LinkedIn she is leaving Meta; an OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the appointment.