8:01 Krypton | Xiaomi will release the Pengcheng series of extended-range SUVs; OpenAI chief futurist announced his resignation; Zhang Xiaolong resigned as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Chalk

Today’s Hot Topics Guide Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: AI programming tool Claude Code has security backdoor risks, causing serious harm. Byte performance rule adjustments: increase half-year incentives, strengthen byte standards and leadership assessments. Saudi Aramco cuts prices to attract Asian buyers, and international institutions are bearish on oil prices in the second half of the year. The EU Court of Justice rejected Apple’s appeal and upheld the “gatekeeper” designation of the App Store and iOS. JPMorgan Chase: Investors underestimated the potential obstacles to the merger of Tesla and SpaceX. TOP3 big news Xiaomi Auto’s new product series is named SKYNOMAD, Lei Jun responded to the launch date. On July 8, Xiaomi Auto’s official Weibo released a poster with the theme “SKYNOMAD”. “SKY” refers to the sky and “NOMAD” refers to the nomad. The poster bears the Xiaomi brand LOGO. According to media reports, Xiaomi Motors' first range-extended SUV will belong to the new independent sub-brand "SKYNOMAD" and is scheduled to be officially released in the second half of 2026. SKYNOMAD is not the "Redmi Car" previously rumored on the Internet, but a new product and model of Xiaomi Motors after SU7 and YU7. It is reported that the internal code name of this model is Kunlun N3, and the "YU9" naming previously rumored on the Internet has been cancelled. On the same day, Xiaomi founder, chairman and CEO Lei Jun officially announced Xiaomi’s new series of cars, SkyNomad, on his personal account. A netizen in the comment area asked about the release time of the vehicle, and Lei Jun replied, "It's coming soon." (Interface News, 36 Krypton) OpenAI Chief Futurist Announces Resignation On July 8, Beijing time, OpenAI Chief Futurist Joshua Achiam posted on social media that he would leave this month the company where he has worked for nearly nine years. Aqiyam, 34, said there was no specific reason for leaving, but the result of long-term consideration. Now that the whole world knows the "secret" of AI development potential, it seems that this mission can also be achieved outside the walls of top cutting-edge laboratories. He said that he still firmly believes that mankind can move towards a world full of peace, unprecedented prosperity and full of freedom.