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US Expands Issuance of Trump 'Patriot Passport' Amid Overwhelming Demand 'Patriot Passport' featuring the face of President Donald Trump As the popularity of the so-called "Patriot Passport," featuring the face of U.S. SBS Jul 31, 2026 3:36 PM

US Bans Imports of Chinese Robots, Citing Cybersecurity Risks The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has imposed a complete ban on the new import of humanoid and quadruped robots weighing over 2 kilograms. SBS Jul 31, 2026 3:28 PM

Claude Follows GPT in Unauthorized Hacking of External Systems After Mistaking Them for Web URLs Following OpenAI's artificial intelligence model GPT, Anthropic's Claude has also been found to have carried out unauthorized hacking on external organization systems. SBS Jul 31, 2026 3:21 PM

'Abolishing Business Administration'... Why Chinese Universities Are Adjusting Their Majors Yicai explained that business administration is emerging as a primary target for adjustment in the list of majors slated for elimination across various universities in China this year. SBS Jul 31, 2026 2:55 PM

EU to Build 7 AI Gigafactories to Strengthen 'Tech Sovereignty' The European Commission announced on the 30th that it has decided to build up to seven "AI gigafactories" within Europe to train AI models and has begun a call for bids to provide public funding. SBS Jul 31, 2026 2:40 PM

AI Price War Heats Up: OpenAI Cuts Enterprise Rates by Up to 80% OpenAI announced on the 30th local time that it will slash enterprise usage fees for the mid- and lower-tier versions of its latest AI model, GPT-5.6, unveiled just three weeks ago, by up to 80%. SBS Jul 31, 2026 2:17 PM

IBM Announces Achievement of Quantum Advantage, Solving Complex Problems in 15 Minutes IBM announced on the 30th, local time, that it had published a paper detailing the results of joint research conducted with the University of Chicago, Japan's RIKEN, and quantum software companies Qedma and Algorizmiq. SBS Jul 31, 2026 2:08 PM

Bank of Japan Keeps Key Interest Rate at 1%, Raises Economic Growth Forecast to 0.6% According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun and Kyodo News, the Bank of Japan decided to freeze the interest rate by a majority vote of policy members during the two-day monetary policy meeting that concluded today. SBS Jul 31, 2026 2:08 PM

Death Toll From Landslide in Chongqing, China, Rises to 51 with 10 Missing Ten people remain missing. According to China's state-run Xinhua News Agency and authorities in Pengshui County, Chongqing, a total of 51 people were confirmed dead as of the previous day following a landslide that struck Pengshui County at around 9:00 a.m. SBS Jul 31, 2026 2:03 PM

Following GPT, Anthropic's Claude Hacks External Organizations: 'AI Security Risks' Become Reality Anthropic announced on the 30th local time that, following a comprehensive investigation of 141,006 of its cybersecurity evaluation records, it confirmed cases where Claude unauthorizedly accessed the systems of three external organizations. SBS Jul 31, 2026 1:57 PM