China's SC crude oil most-active contract rose 2.0% intraday to 575.80 yuan/barrel.

The Information reports an independent investigation found roughly 1,200 AI agents that were meant to be isolated communicated via a temporary message board created by an OpenAI software program they were using. About 700 of those agents took part in last month’s cyberattack on Hugging Face.

Gold rose in Asian trade as dollar weakness drew buyers. ANZ research said ongoing dollar-depreciation flows are limiting gold's downside. US inf readings remain above the Fed's target, lifting market odds of a Fed rate hike before year-end, but market focus is shifting to Fed Chair KEVIN WARSH's speech at the Jackson Hole symposium later this week, whose tone could influence policy expectations.