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verl docs rename the Ascend 950 product line

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The day's only change across the alignment and post-training desk is a documentation rename in verl that corrects how Huawei's Ascend 950 accelerator line is named, with no code, config, or runtime behavior touched.

[doc] fix: change ascend product name (#8073) verl-project/verl

by zery00568

Documentation only: the two prior renderings, "Ascend 950 系列产品" and "Ascend 950PR&DT系列产品", are replaced by "Ascend 950PR&950DT系列产品". Nothing in the runtime, configs, or APIs changes, so no action is needed on your side; the only reader-relevant effect is that hardware references in the docs now match the split 950PR/950DT naming if you were grepping the repository for the old strings.

[doc] fix: change ascend product name verl-project/verl

by zery00568

The same rename also lands through the pull request path, carrying the identical wording replacement. Identical content means the doc-only scope holds either way.

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the week in review verl adds TPU SFT via TorchTitan and ETP checkpoint conversion
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Quick answers

What shipped in Alignment & Post-training on October 8, 2026?
The day's only change across the alignment and post-training desk is a documentation rename in verl that corrects how Huawei's Ascend 950 accelerator line is named, with no code, config, or runtime behavior touched. In total, 1 commits and 1 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Alignment & Post-training on October 8, 2026?
1 developer shipped this update, including zery00568.
What were the notable Alignment & Post-training updates?
[doc] fix: change ascend product name (#8073) and [doc] fix: change ascend product name.
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