WorldTrump’s Hormuz Update, OpenAI and Anthropic AI Alarms | The Pulse 8/5/2026

The United States and Iran are nearing an interim agreement intended to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump says the discussions are progressing well and that the waterway will open “very soon.” SpaceX shares fell in premarket trading after the company revealed higher-than-expected spending on its artificial intelligence business, overshadowing a quarterly report that generally beat Wall Street forecasts. Models built by OpenAI and Anthropic also carried out “unsanctioned” actions, including hacking a website.

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