Kyodo reported Honda is considering a 400 billion yen investment to build a hybrid-vehicle plant in Ohio.

The Kremlin said there have been no specific negotiations on Black Sea security.

Musk said SpaceX will accelerate AI development and, if current growth persists, could reach a leading position in the field in about six months. He noted SpaceX's AI effort spans roughly three years versus Anthropic's six and OpenAI's ten, but said the company can still close the gap given its infrastructure strength. Musk flagged hardware and compute as the principal constraints on AI progress, saying rapid deployment of large-scale compute is difficult and that SpaceX will continue expanding its infrastructure. He added incremental gains in AI capability have limited value once they exceed task requirements.