Last week it was reported that the dramatic shift in U.S. trade and economic policies, and their erratic implementation, have shaken investors’ confidence in the U.S. dollar as a safe store of wealth, The New York Times reported.

ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW
Go back to 2 April when President Trump announced his Liberation Day tariff war policies. Threatening to impose skyrocketing tariffs on nations across the globe, the equity markets tanked.

TRUMP’S “AI ACTION” PLAN (5 DOCTRINES) WITH A FULL—BREAKDOWN
Chief AI Officers in Major Agencies—Executive Order 14110 mandates large federal departments to appoint Chief AI Officers, including GSA, DOE, DHS, Veterans Affairs, and Education.

SPECIAL REPORT: TRUMP CALLS FOR MAJOR U.S. PUSH IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
On 23 July, Donald Trump signed three executive orders calling for the accelerated expansion of the U.S.’s artificial intelligence (AI) industry and announced an “AI Action Plan.”

THE ART AND ARTIFICE OF PROMPT ENGINEERING
Why do generative AI chatbots need to be prompted to impersonate fantasy roles in order to provide (supposedly) better content, or answers to queries?

TOP ISRAELI RIGHTS GROUP SAY U.S./WEST BACKS ISRAELI GENOCIDE IN GAZA
B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, two top Israeli human rights groups, issued new reports on Monday that accused Tel Aviv of carrying out a genocide in Gaza—the first time these two groups made such a severe claim.

J’ACCUSE! MACRON SUES CANDACE OWENS AFTER PODCASTER CLAIMS HIS WIFE’S A MAN
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte filed a lawsuit last week claiming that Candace Owens, a popular podcaster in the U.S., defamed his wife by claiming that she was born a man to promote “her independent platform, gain notoriety, and make money,” according to a report.
Global Economy

SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
After a year of regulatory review—and after a change in presidential administrations—the three-member U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved Skydance Media’s $8-billion acquisition of Paramount Global.

SPECIAL REPORT: TRUMP’S TARIFF WAR
The U.S. treasury has raked in an additional $55 billion so far in Donald Trump’s tariff war and most of it has come out of Corporate America’s pocket, The Wall Street Journal reported.

BRAZIL’S PRESIDENT LOOKS PAST TRUMP WITH COMMITMENT TO BRICS
Brazil is reportedly “reinforcing” its commitment to BRICS countries in an act of defiance against the Trump administration that has threatened Brasília with steeper tariffs for its participation with the group that President Donald Trump has called an “anti-American” alliance.
The Israel War

GAZA DEATH TOLL
The death toll in Gaza surpassed 60,000 on Tuesday as the IDF continued its killing spree across the destroyed enclave—with the full backing of the Trump administration. Health officials also reported that at least 145,870 people have been injured in the war.

TRUMP’S GREEN LIGHT FOR ISRAEL TO ABANDON CEASEFIRE ENABLED NETANYAHU TO CARRY OUT STARVATION CAMPAIGN
President Donald Trump fully supported Israel’s decision to abandon the ceasefire deal in March that enabled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ramp up his starvation campaign inside the enclave—likely at the expense of the remaining Israeli hostages still in Hamas captivity, Haaretz, an Israeli paper, said.

WHAT TOOK SO LONG: ISRAEL FACES NEW PRESSURE FROM ALLIES TO END ITS GENOCIDE
Israel’s revenge campaign in Gaza has gotten so atrocious that even Tel Aviv’s most loyal allies are beginning to speak out about the need to end the war and rush humanitarian aid into the enclave.
Trends in AI

OPENAI TAKES A SALES COMMISSION ON CLICK-THROUGHS
OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which shows ads to users, will now include a payment system that will let shoppers complete purchases within the AI platform. OpenAI then will collect a commission from merchants making the sales.

IMPROVED AI AUTOMATED LAB SPEEDS EXPERIMENTS TENFOLD
Scientists at North Carolina State University have found a way to improve automated laboratories in a way that speeds their work by a factor of ten, they say.

GOOGLE BEWARE: STARTUP LAUNCHES AI-BASED SEARCH ENGINE
The Browser Company of New York (BCNY) has created Dia, an AI-based search engine. That’s a big deal because Google and other engines have largely tried to tack AI onto their existing platforms. Dia has AI in its DNA.
Hi-Tech Science

DARPA ADVANCES WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION
The idea of beaming electric power through the air has been a dream since the days of Nikola Tesla more than a century ago. Now the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is taking steps toward making it happen through its Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program.

MAGIC MUSHROOMS MAY HOLD A MAGIC ANTI-AGING COMPOUND
Psilocybin, the psychedelic substance in a family of mushrooms, is the new headliner in mental health treatment.

‘BYE, SEMAGLUTIDE, HELLO KILLER FAT SHOT
Wegovy and Ozempic are wildly popular, and hugely expensive, brand names for semaglutide, a compound that melts body weight—but at too high a cost to your body.