Introduction: The Day Qwen 3.5 Broke the Rules
On a single afternoon in early 2026, a technological tremor erased $30 billion from the market capitalization of IBM. The catalyst was not a geopolitical conflict or a natural disaster, but an announcement from U.S. AI firm Anthropic regarding its model's new proficiency in automating legacy programming code. This event was a stark demonstration of how a single AI advancement can instantly vaporize legacy revenue models and threaten established corporate giants. However, this tremor is merely a prelude to a far more profound seismic shift. [1]
