U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Landao said Washington is maintaining contact with Venezuelan authorities and has mobilized assistance following the earthquake.

OpenAI and Broadcom on Wednesday unveiled a jointly developed custom inference chip codenamed "Jalapeño", marking OpenAI's formal entry into AI chip development. Broadcom will manufacture the Intelligence Processor, which both parties call the platform’s first "AI accelerator"; a physical sample was delivered Wednesday and initial deployment is targeted by end‑2026 with scale‑up planned over subsequent years. OpenAI president Greg Brockman said designing more of the technology stack will let the company deliver intelligent services more efficiently and broaden access to advanced AI.

The Kremlin urged Russians to switch to Android and domestic operating systems in response to Apple removing Russian apps from the App Store.