Xpeng chairman He Xiaopeng said Xpeng participated in drafting China’s new mandatory standards for traction batteries and L3/L4 autonomous driving. He said Xpeng and other new EV makers brought highway-assist to China and overseas circa 2020. With many manufacturers treating driver-assistance as standard and consumers unable to distinguish capability levels, He called for a more comprehensive, systematic stricter standard that not only codifies firms' strengths but identifies and remedies autono

Hussein Taeb, head of an Iranian militia organization, said on the 13th that the Strait of Hormuz "is under Iran's control and management."

OpenAI has appointed Dali Rajic as chief revenue officer, its second CRO in under a year, signalling a push to boost sales ahead of an anticipated Wall Street listing. Rajic joins from Alphabet-backed cybersecurity firm Wiz, where he was president and COO; he will replace the CRO who joined last December and will depart after a transition. The move comes amid wider senior executive turnover, including departures of Brad Lightcap, Fidji Simo and Kevin Weil. President Greg Brockman said the company must keep proving each dollar of AI spend delivers measurable commercial value; OpenAI said its annualized revenue run rate rose more than 20% MoM in July and enterprise customer revenue grew 32%. OpenAI also reported weekly active users topped 1 billion last month.