UK AI security agency claims OpenAI and Anthropic models exhibit deceptive behavior

SpaceX released its second quarter financial report, with revenue of $7.8 billion exceeding expectations. However, due to AI capital expenditures of $18.369 billion (including $16 billion for AI infrastructure) exceeding expectations of $13.2 billion, the stock price fell more than 5% after hours. Elon Musk has stated that SpaceX's goal of achieving $1 trillion in annual revenue may be advanced to 2030, and has proposed plans to build robot production facilities on the moon. Starlink's revenue for the second quarter was $4.3 billion, with 12 million users; AI business revenue was 2.561 billion US dollars, and rocket business revenue was 962 million US dollars. SpaceX plans to continue using Nvidia AI chips and expects its AI business to reach an annualized revenue of $10 billion by December of this year.

According to Reuters, the US government expects to extend the Jones Act temporary exemption in the coming days to ease fuel supply pressure, with the current exemption expiring on August 16th. US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright stated that exemption measures have helped lower energy prices in some regions. In response to multiple polls showing support rates dropping to 32% -34%, US President Trump claimed that the surveys were fake.

According to The Block, Canadian Bitcoin holders lost 25% in the COLDCARD hack, with total losses ranging from $100 million to $130 million.

[Schmidt: The Federal Reserve Needs Tighter Monetary Policy to Curb Inflation] According to Xinhua News Agency, Kansas City Federal Reserve President Schmidt stated that the Federal Reserve needs tighter monetary policy to bring inflation back to the 2% target. The Fed's current policy stance is not restrictive, and excessively high inflation is concerning. The Federal Reserve should not overlook inflation. The recent easing of energy prices may be temporary, and investments in artificial intelligence are driving up inflation. The Federal Reserve should not ignore this.

According to The Block, Robinhood's cryptocurrency trading revenue dropped to $100 million, a year-on-year decrease of 37.5%, accounting for 13% of total trading revenue, but the total trading revenue of $776 million tied the Q4 2025 record. Among them, Robinhood's options revenue reached a record high of $342 million, stock revenue reached a record high of $129 million, and it is predicted that the market revenue of $156 million will surpass the cryptocurrency business for the first time. Coinbase activity is linked to trading cycles and lacks similar business buffers.