Data: Web3 social application Towns has over 400,000 total users, with over 200,000 token holders

According to a New York Times report, four sources familiar with the matter disclosed that U.S. President Donald Trump held a meeting with senior advisors and top cabinet officials on Friday to discuss further escalating military strikes against Iran. The meeting comes at a critical juncture for U.S. policy toward Iran, the report noted. Earlier, the fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, as well as the memorandum of understanding aimed at pushing both sides back to the negotiating table to reach a long-term denuclearization deal, have collapsed. Sources added that the Trump administration is currently evaluating its next steps, including whether to escalate military operations against Iran.

Elon Musk announced in a post that Grok 4.6 will be launched in two weeks, and Grok 4.7 will be launched in four weeks.

US President Trump stated that he is prepared to take higher-level military action against Iran, but has not yet decided on a major strike targeting the country. "I believe that over time, Iran has become more serious in negotiations. I am in no rush to reach an agreement with Iran, and will monitor the progress of Iran's negotiations."

According to market data from BIT (bit.com), U.S. stocks closed on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a preliminary gain of 0.46%, the S&P 500 added 0.05%, and the Nasdaq fell 0.64%. Storage-related sectors weakened: SanDisk (SNDK.O) dropped 10.79%, SK Hynix (SKHY.O) fell 8.81%, and Micron Technology (MU.O) declined 6.99%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index slid 4.25%, Intel (INTC.O) decreased 7.89%. IBM (IBM.N) rose 3.64%, and Apple (AAPL.O) gained 3.53%.

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.