Meta Platforms (META.O) Q2 Reality Labs revenue $431m vs $428.7m expected; operating loss $4.62bn vs $4.45bn expected.

State Post Bureau spokesperson Hu Kai said the bureau will, on a locality-by-locality basis, push construction of county-level parcel public distribution centres and strengthen village-level comprehensive delivery service stations to improve rural parcel and logistics integration. The bureau will encourage regions able to create rural parcel logistics public-service jobs and boost rural postal service satisfaction. Aligned with the 15th Five-Year Plan, postal services will support regional coordinated development and metropolitan clusters, participate in the Western Land–Sea New Corridor, open northerly delivery channels from the Northeast, accelerate digitization of postal and express infrastructure in central China, and promote postal modernization in the eastern region.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told reporters after a meeting with Republican Senator Ted Cruz that they discussed new AI models and that he supports an AI safety bill, but he declined to provide details.