Dario Amodei, CEO of ANTHROPIC, said on Saturday the best way to counter public skepticism about AI is to deliver on the technology’s promises, acknowledging widespread distrust and calling for concrete scientific breakthroughs. He said claims that AI will cure cancer have become clichés and are seen as misleading, and conceded the fairest critique of AI firms, including ANTHROPIC, is that they have not yet delivered on their grand promises — genuinely effective progress would be curing cancer.

CITIC Securities notes that on Aug. 10, 2026 Hang Seng Indexes Company consulted on a proposed methodology overhaul for the Hang Seng Tech Index. Key changes: expand thematic coverage by removing the prior industry-classification requirement, revise six tech themes and increase sub-themes from 16 to 24; introduce a grouped selection mechanism and widen the selection universe to constituents of the Hang Seng Composite LargeMidCap Index. Constituents would rise from 30 to 50, with 40 selected by market-cap ranking and 10 by a revenue-growth group. CITIC estimates roughly 10 market-cap names (including CATL) and about 10 revenue-growth names could be added. Estimated passive inflows to newly included stocks total about HKD36.0 bln, split ~HKD28.5 bln to the market-cap group and ~HKD7.5 bln to the revenue-growth group. CITIC calls the adjustment a significant event and recommends focusing on potential inclusions for long candidates while monitoring deletion candidates for downside risk.

Iran's first vice president said the enemy is attempting to compensate for military defeats through economic warfare and that Iran must respond.