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Washington is still working out the details on its bitcoin reserve plan. The White House says it's evaluating the best structure for a federal fund to hold bitcoin long-term, alongside a separate stockpile for other digital assets. The policy remains a work in progress, with no clear timeline in sight.
Across the Pacific, China is pulling the plug on emotionally expressive AI. Beijing's new rules targeting humanlike artificial intelligence are forcing ByteDance and Alibaba to shut down custom agent features in their biggest apps. It's the government's first direct attempt to regulate AI that mimics human emotion, and the industry is moving fast to comply.
And in Europe, Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper is sounding a serious alarm. She warned that without coordinated international safeguards, advanced AI could trigger what she called an AI Hiroshima, reshaping warfare, crime, and society before policymakers have any real grip on the technology. The message is urgent, and the window, she argues, is closing.
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