Refinitiv, citing sources, reported that a Qatari negotiating delegation has arrived in Iran to meet Iranian officials to ease tensions and create conditions for broader, ongoing talks; the visit is being coordinated with the United States.

On social media, Musk said he had underestimated Anthropic, calling no firm’s models better than its Mythos and Fable and saying he expects Anthropic to release Mythos 2 soon. He added that, even if Anthropic is a competitor, he would not take steps that would seriously harm its development, citing Tesla’s past patent open-sourcing and opening of the Supercharger network and SpaceX’s practice of not raising prices or imposing unfavorable terms when launching rival satellite systems.

Council of the EU has opened a new excessive deficit procedure for Bulgaria and set out the steps the country must take to correct its excessive deficit by 2029.