📡 On-the-hour Bulletin | 01:00-02:00

1. Apple pairs its in-house model with Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen, preparing to bring Apple Intelligence to the China version of the iPhone, leveraging local AI models to advance the rollout of domestic smart features.

2. Alibaba’s Qianwen AI model has surpassed 3 billion downloads, overtaking Meta and Google to become the AI model with the highest global download count.

3. Anthropic is considering an initial public offering of more than $1 trillion, which could redefine market dynamics for artificial intelligence; it is still in the consideration stage.

4. LME copper spot premiums have widened to the broadest level since 2021. Inventories have fallen for 42 consecutive days to 204,975 tons, the longest streak of continuous decline since 2014.

5. A U.S. judge ruled that Idaho must allow abortions to protect women’s health, and state law cannot block abortion when there are health risks.

6. In the southern Gaza Strip, Israeli army tanks were attacked by an explosive device but caused no casualties; the Israeli army then retaliated. Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed 11 people.

7. A U.S. special operations force said it is ready to go and will increase the scale of combat exercises in the Philippines to help deter aggressive actions in the Asian region.

8. Inter Milan officially announced the signing of England defender Jedd Spence from Tottenham Hotspur. The specific transfer fee and contract details have not yet been disclosed.