Tesla will cap employee spending on AI tools at $200 per week from July 6; any excess requires manager approval. Spending on Musk-owned XAI’s Grok is exempt from the cap. Grok has low uptake among Tesla staff; most continue to use ANTHROPIC’s Claude. Several other US tech firms have implemented similar AI spending controls.

The National Data Administration issued the Guidelines for Data Property Registration (Trial) to promote secure, compliant and efficient data circulation and use. The national data management authority will oversee nationwide data property registration, including establishing a unified national registration regime, guiding and supervising registration activities, and building and operating a national data property registration service system. The service system will aggregate registration records and provide nationwide public disclosure, query and verification services and support registrar management.

Moscow Mayor Sobyanin posted multiple updates on social media from the night of July 3 local time, saying Russian air-defence systems intercepted 23 Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow by the early hours of July 4 local time.