36Kr Morning Brief: Apple's Foldable iPhone May Average $2,500; Konka Faces Delisting After $2.8B Loss; Global Billionaires Hit Record 3,795

Today's Hot Topics Overview

NDRC: Starting from 24:00 on August 28, domestic gasoline and diesel (standard products) prices will increase by 375 yuan and 360 yuan per ton, respectively.

Alibaba's Eddie Wu named to Time's 100 Most Influential People in AI, joining Fei-Fei Li as the only two Chinese faces on the cover.

Anthropic introduces its first AI tool operating in the physical world.

Bill Gates: The US and China need to cooperate to address AI risks.

HoYoverse Legal Department: Individuals who fabricated false information about HoYoverse's "outsourcing discrimination" have been subject to compulsory measures according to the law.

Justin Sun responds to Jing Tian's Weibo post.

Top 3 News

Apple's foldable screen average selling price may reach 17,000 yuan, with inventory in the tens of millions

Apple's fall product launch event is scheduled for September 9 (early morning of September 10, Beijing Time), where the new CEO John Ternus is expected to debut Apple's first foldable iPhone. This device, potentially named iPhone Ultra, may offer utility similar to an iPad mini, transforming into a tablet when unfolded and fitting into a pocket when folded.

Based on rumors and predictions from MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, and other sources, the iPhone Ultra will become the most expensive iPhone in history, with inventory in the tens of millions. The starting price for the 256GB version of the iPhone Ultra may be around $1,999. IDC analysts expect the average selling price of the phone to reach $2,500 (approximately 17,000 RMB), with higher storage versions priced as high as $3,000 (approximately 20,000 RMB).

Cumulative loss of about 20 billion over four years, Konka plans voluntary delisting

On the evening of August 27, *ST Konka A, a company listed for 34 years and once hailed as the "first domestic color TV stock," released a major announcement. The company's board of directors approved a voluntary delisting plan, intending to withdraw its A and B shares from trading on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and transfer to the delisting section of the National Equities Exchange and Quotations system. The news quickly sparked heated discussions in the capital markets, home appliance industry, and among shareholders.

Many netizens lamented the end of a childhood national brand, while a large number of investors holding the stock face the dilemma of asset shrinkage.

Latest wealth report: Global billionaires reach 3,795, hitting a record high

The wealth of global billionaires has reached unprecedented heights, and they are putting their funds to various uses: acquiring sports teams, funding philanthropy, and building platforms with greater influence. According to the latest data from wealth intelligence firm Altrata, the number of global billionaires hit a record high of 3,795 in 2025. Their total wealth surged by 12.

8% to a record $15.1 trillion, approaching a quarter of the total market capitalization of S&P 500 index components.

AI Frontier

Anthropic's first AI tool operating in the physical world launched

Anthropic announced the upcoming launch of an AI tool designed for the physical world called the "Model Hardware Standard" (MHS), which allows AI to autonomously operate various programmable research and manufacturing equipment. This tool can reduce hardware integration time from weeks or even months to hours or even minutes, supporting 24-hour autonomous experimental operations.

Hark and Nvidia reach multi-year strategic partnership, will adopt Vera Rubin platform to advance personalized AI

On August 27, US AI startup Hark announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Nvidia. The two parties will engage in technical cooperation around personalized agentic AI and deploy gigawatt-level computing power based on Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin platform. (Jiemian News)

OpenAI releases open letter calling for cyber defense action

On August 27, local time, OpenAI released an open letter calling for strengthened global cyber defense, co-signed by over 100 organizations including Anthropic, AWS, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Oracle. The company stated: "As model capabilities continue to improve globally, cyberattacks launched using AI will become increasingly widespread and complex.

Meta estimates annual spending on Anthropic AI could reach up to $10 billion

According to reports, Meta internally predicted earlier this year that it might invest up to $10 billion annually in Anthropic's AI models. (CLS)

Bill Gates: US and China need to cooperate to address AI risks

Microsoft founder Bill Gates wrote in an article on the 26th that the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) brings issues of fairness; it will either become the most powerful "equalizer" in history or the source of the most severe inequality. To solve the social problems brought by AI, the United States and China need to cooperate. In this 6,000-word article, Gates shared the two-sided nature of AI based on his experiences at Microsoft and the Gates Foundation—bringing both enormous opportunities and harboring multiple risks.

He stated that AI already possesses astonishing capabilities and is evolving at an incredible speed, able to replace or even surpass human cognitive abilities for the first time, and that "the transition to the new AI era will also become one of the most turbulent periods in human history." (Huanqiu.

Big Companies/Big Events

Documents show SHEIN raises $1.7 billion through Hong Kong IPO

According to documents, SHEIN raised $1.7 billion through its Hong Kong IPO, issuing approximately 280 million shares at a price of HK$48.56 per share. (CLS)

Justin Sun responds to Jing Tian's Weibo

On the evening of August 27, Justin Sun published a long post on social media titled "I..."