US Secretary of State Rubio said the United States will continue to honor its defense agreement with Saudi Arabia.

On Oct. 31 at the opening plenary of the 2026 World Top Scientists Forum, CATL chairman and founder Zeng Yuqun said existing battery energy density is "not yet sufficient" to support wider applications and that the industry must leverage AI and global scientific expertise to accelerate source innovation in electrochemistry. He said battery systems span femtosecond-to-decade timescales and atomic-scale dimensions. CATL is deploying large language models and an in-house AI-native research platform linking wet and dry labs and holds over 1 trillion test records, but Zeng said the firm is still "not doing enough" and seeks more support from the electrochemistry research community.

Meta Platforms (META.O) partnered with Chinese startup Fourier Intelligent (Fourier) to develop a humanoid robot prototype, producing a roughly 106 lb machine codenamed “Max” in just three months, The Information reported.