Nikkei reports OpenAI is open to training AI models in Australia and is in negotiations with authorities over copyright protections. Canberra is seeking a larger role than mere data-centre hosting and aims to set standards for AI infrastructure and application deployment; Prime Minister Albanese in July announced plans to legislate national standards to ensure companies using Australian creators’ data respect copyright. OpenAI global policy VP Ann O'Leary told an event at the Australian Strategi

Mongolian President Khurelsukh said on the 13th during an inspection of the Erdeneburen hydropower plant in western Mongolia that the project is a key outcome of Mongolia-China practical cooperation and that Mongolia will use it as an opportunity to deepen bilateral cooperation in energy and infrastructure.

China International Capital Co said the Fed should raise rates in September to preserve its credibility, calling that the decisive factor for policy. The firm said July FOMC member Waller’s deliberate ambiguity confused markets and helped push the US Treasury term premium from 0.65% at end-July to 0.9% by mid-August, forcing hawkish language at Jackson Hole. While softer data would have given the Fed room to wait, successive stronger-than-expected nonfarm payrolls and inflation have increasingly cornered policymakers. The report warned that if the Fed again refrains from hiking, markets may view prior hawkish signals as hollow, risking a deeper credibility crisis and loss of control in the Treasury market.