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US President Trump posted, stating that the European Union (EU) has, as always, directly targeted American companies, and such actions will not continue during a Trump administration. “The EU is at it again, and as usual, directly targeting great American companies! After imposing $15 billion in unjustified fines on Apple, $3 billion on Meta, $2.5 billion on Amazon, and penalties on many other firms, we just learned that Google — a truly advanced and amazing company — was hit with another $1 billion fine, with no explanation. This brings Google’s total fines to over $18 billion! This illegal and highly discriminatory practice reached such a high level during the first year of the ‘Sleepy Joe’ (Biden) administration, but this will not continue under a Trump administration. The United States is not Europe’s ‘cash cow,’ and we will not allow it to be! We hereby state that we will immediately launch a Section 301 investigation into this practice of ‘looting’ American companies, which in turn harms American taxpayers. The EU will pay a very high price for this illegal and highly unethical behavior — something I have long warned them against. These fines will be fully revoked, and we expect to impose steep tariffs on them in the shortest possible time.”

Anthropic has released its next-generation AI model, Claude Opus 5, noting that its cybersecurity vulnerability discovery capability is nearly on par with the company’s more advanced Mythos 5 model. Anthropic states that Claude Opus 5 is a general-purpose model with improved performance in tasks such as self-auditing, scientific research, and code optimization. The company adds that while the model’s vulnerability detection ability is close to Mythos 5, it remains "significantly behind" in actually exploiting those vulnerabilities. Furthermore, Anthropic emphasizes that Claude Opus 5’s performance across multiple capability categories is nearly at the level of its most advanced Fable 5 model, but costs roughly half as much, and is expected to become the default choice for enterprises handling daily office tasks. As enterprises continue to focus on AI investment costs, multiple AI companies including OpenAI, Meta, and SpaceX AI are accelerating competition for more cost-efficient models. Anthropic notes that the market’s emphasis on AI cost-effectiveness and practical application capabilities is rising.

Nvidia announced Friday it is partnering with South Korea’s SK Group on an AI initiative valued at over $500 billion, covering large-scale AI data center construction and next-generation memory technology. The plan includes a long-term partnership with SK Hynix, aimed at securing next-generation memory supplies for Nvidia and co-developing high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for AI training, AI agents, and physical AI applications. SK Telecom plans to build a 2-gigawatt (GW) AI data center, which will use Nvidia’s Vera Rubin chips and SK Hynix’s HBM4 high-bandwidth memory, with the first facility expected to become operational in 2027.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei announced that the company has signed a supply agreement with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Bloomberg recently reported that a senior official from South Korea’s presidential office revealed Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will sign a multi-billion-dollar deal with top U.S. tech firms during Lee Jae-myung’s visit. The collaboration is expected to cover long-term storage chip supply contracts, strategic investment partnerships, and memoranda of understanding (MOUs), with the exact scale to be disclosed after the firms make official announcements. Lee Jae-myung will arrive in San Francisco local time on Friday, attend an AI summit, and hold talks with U.S. tech leaders including NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, and Broadcom CEO Hock Tan.

According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Elon Musk-founded tunnel construction firm The Boring Company is seeking new capital, with its latest funding round set to value the company at roughly $20 billion. Founded in 2016, The Boring Company focuses on developing underground transportation tunnel technology, designed to alleviate urban traffic congestion. The firm currently operates the Vegas Loop project in Las Vegas, USA, and plans to expand its underground transport network to additional cities.

Meta Platforms has announced that, powered by its Muse Spark 1.1 technology, Meta AI now has the capability to formulate plans, integrate email and calendar applications, create presentations, and handle multiple tasks on users’ behalf. The company noted that new features for the Meta AI app and Meta.ai will roll out in select markets starting July 24, with expansion to more countries and platforms—including WhatsApp—scheduled in the coming weeks.