Huang Renxun has left Beijing, and NVIDIA has not disclosed whether Huang Renxun met with the DeepSeek founder.

Elon Musk reaffirmed and detailed his timeline: In roughly 5 years, AI’s general intelligence could surpass the sum of human intelligence; in about 10 years, humans will likely no longer be the dominant force, with an intelligence gap far exceeding that between chimpanzees and humans, he analogized. He stated that AI could outperform humans in nearly every aspect, save for the inherent trait of being human itself. Musk believes the most probable outcome of AI development is an "era of staggering abundance", where robots and AI produce far more goods and services than humanity can consume, allowing anyone to have whatever they desire. By around 2036, "money may no longer matter". He argued that governments could issue direct cash transfers to citizens (similar to a universal basic income), as surging output would likely lead to deflation rather than inflation; traditional tax and redistribution logic may become obsolete under this new paradigm. He acknowledged a 10–20% risk that AI could lead to human extinction, but noted the development momentum is unstoppable, reaching a "philosophical conclusion": if you can’t stop it, join it and "enjoy the journey".

Local time on the 26th, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian held a meeting with the head of Iran’s Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, during which he was briefed on damage to transportation infrastructure including border crossings, ports, highways and railway networks. Pezeshkian called U.S. attacks on these Iranian civilian infrastructures "clear war crimes" and emphasized that those responsible for the acts should be held legally accountable through relevant international organizations and institutions. (CCTV News)

According to on-chain investigator Specter, the gaming public blockchain WEMIX has a security vulnerability following its 3.0 mainnet upgrade, leading to suspected losses of $700,000.

According to Iranian media reports today (July 26), Iranian Army spokesperson Akraminia stated that Iran has not observed any specific next-step strategy from the U.S. at present, but it can be assessed that the U.S. is already in a desperate position. Akraminia noted that the U.S. has three possible options: withdrawing from the conflict, launching large-scale airstrikes under pressure from Israel, or carrying out ground operations. Iran will monitor the U.S.'s subsequent actions and has prepared for all eventualities. He also added that the current war’s geographic scope has expanded to the Strait of Mandeb, and Iran’s operations cover U.S. targets spanning from Jordan to countries along the Persian Gulf coast. (CCTV International News)

Anthropic core technology member Julian Schrittwieser recently posted on X, mocking Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s statement in support of open-weight AI models, saying, “Looking forward to CUDA and GPU drivers being open-sourced.” Earlier, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang posted his first-ever tweet on Friday night, sharing an open letter co-signed by Nvidia titled “Open Weights and U.S. AI Leadership.” The letter’s co-signatories include over 20 tech firms and organizations, such as Meta, Microsoft, Andreessen Horowitz, Hugging Face, IBM, Mistral AI, Palantir, Perplexity, Mozilla, NVIDIA, and Y Combinator. The open letter argues that the U.S. needs both top-tier closed-source and open-source models, and the government should not impose premature restrictions on open-source AI. Anthropic did not co-sign the letter.

According to Israel’s i24 News, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the opening of a cabinet meeting: “I will depart for Washington tomorrow to meet with President Trump at his invitation, then attend the memorial service for Senator Lindsey Graham, a great friend of Israel, and discuss all agenda items with Trump—including the situation in Iran.” Regarding the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) vote to remove its chief prosecutor Karim Khan, Netanyahu said the result “exposes the fact that this individual is not only accused of sexually harassing multiple female subordinates” but also pushed for arrest warrants against Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Netanyahu alleged the prosecutor acted “to divert attention, rally all of Israel’s enemies around him, and secure a protective umbrella for himself.” He also spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who stated the U.S. intends to take strong action against the ICC.