U.S. Department of the Treasury website: The United States issues a general license authorizing the facilitation of certain services related to Venezuela’s potential debt restructuring.

OpenAI: is launching a beta version of a self-service ad manager that allows advertisers in the United States to register and purchase ads directly to have them displayed in ChatGPT.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is developing an internal AI agent codenamed “Remy,” designed as a “24/7 personal agent” that can take actions on users’ behalf, according to an internal document and people familiar with the matter. Integrated across Google services and powered by Gemini, Remy can handle complex tasks, monitor user needs and learn preferences over time. Employees are currently “dogfooding” the tool. The effort underscores Google’s push into AI agents, positioning Remy as a more advanced system comparable in concept to OpenClaw, though no public release timeline is known.

Two U.S. ships are stuck in waters off the southern Strait of Hormuz near Oman.

According to Iranian media: Iranian President Pezhechiyan said that the United States pursues a policy of maximum pressure and hopes that Iran will sit at the negotiating table and surrender to its unilateral demands, which is impossible.

U.S. Department of War: Commercial vessels will see, hear, and feel U.S. combat power in the Gulf, and we expect more ships to pass through in the coming days.