A customer works at AGI Bar in Beijing's in Zhongguancun district on August 9, 2026. Artificial intelligence users are shopping around as US giants face fierce competition from Chinese rivals -- and in Beijing's tech district, drinkers at an AI-themed bar can even plug in to DeepSeek for free. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with AFP story China-US-technology-AI-business, FOCUS by Luna Lin and Thomas Urbain

A customer looks at a board with the menu at AGI Bar in Beijing's in Zhongguancun district on August 9, 2026. Artificial intelligence users are shopping around as US giants face fierce competition from Chinese rivals -- and in Beijing's tech district, drinkers at an AI-themed bar can even plug in to DeepSeek for free. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with AFP story China-US-technology-AI-business, FOCUS by Luna Lin and Thomas Urbain

A pedestrian walks past a signage of the Indian financial technology company Pine Labs, displayed outside their office in Bengaluru on August 10, 2026. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, speaks with Vladimir Tkachuk, front, the head of the Uraldronzavod, during his visit to the Special Technology Centre in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (Valeriy Sharifulin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks with Vladimir Tkachuk, the head of the Uraldronzavod, during his visit to the Special Technology Centre in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (Valeriy Sharifulin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chair Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, talks with ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., right, before the start a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh,File)

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 07, 2026 shows people laying in the sun on the green grass on Primrose Hill in London, on July 29, 2024 (top) and people walking on a path between swathes of grass, turned yellow-brown due to a lack of rain, on Primrose Hill in London, on August 7, 2026. In the southern part of England, July 2026 was the driest month ever recorded, dating back to 1836, with just 1.9 mm of rainfall, or three percent of the average figure, the Met Office said. "July 2026 has been a truly remarkable month in the UK's climate record," said Met Office science manager Amy Doherty. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS and Toby Shepheard / AFP via Getty Images)

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 07, 2026 shows people enjoying the hot weather as they walk up Primrose Hill on July 29, 2024 (top) and people walking up a dried out path in the grass, turned yellow-brown due to a lack of rain, backdropped by the skyline of central London, on Primrose Hill in London, on August 7, 2026. In the southern part of England, July 2026 was the driest month ever recorded, dating back to 1836, with just 1.9 mm of rainfall, or three percent of the average figure, the Met Office said. "July 2026 has been a truly remarkable month in the UK's climate record," said Met Office science manager Amy Doherty. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS and Toby Shepheard / AFP via Getty Images)