Court filings show a former OpenAI employee is accused of secretly installing recording devices and appears to have received "substantial support" from the Saudi government.

China's PBOC and multiple ministries issued guidance to support international sci‑tech innovation centers in Beijing‑Tianjin‑Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta and the Guangdong‑Hong Kong‑Macao Greater Bay Area. The guidance calls for building cross‑regional tech‑finance service alliances and, subject to effective prevention of cross‑sector financial risks, directing banks, securities firms, insurers, venture capital, guarantors and leasing firms to deepen cooperation, pilot new service models and establish risk‑sharing frameworks for major R&D projects. It mandates coordinated financial services and financing for major tech projects, upstream/downstream industry chains and cross‑regional commercialization of technology, creation of a cross‑regional sci‑tech fund matrix to back original innovation and industrial deployment, and establishment of integrated regional tech‑finance platforms that combine enterprise demand, financial services and supporting policies.

The Financial Times reports Japan's stockpile of the rare-earth metal yttrium could be exhausted within months; Japanese government officials and trading-company top executives say a shortage could occur as early as year-end.