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)

A man sleeps next to an advertisement of the ride-hailing platform Uber, displayed at a bus stop in Bengaluru on August 10, 2026. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images)

A pedestrian walks past an advertisement of the fast-food chain KFC, displayed outside a store in Bengaluru on August 10, 2026. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images)

A pedestrian walks past Suzuki two-wheelers parked outside a dealership in Bengaluru on August 10, 2026. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - This photograph taken on July 28, 2026 shows an Afghan miner pouring water over a sieve to separate dirt and stones from gold nuggets at Gulak-Dara valley in Shiwa area of Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province. In Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province, dozens of excavators operate day and night to extract gold from the mountains where villagers and their livestock once roamed. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP via Getty Images)

An aerial view shows the town of Vathy on the island of Ithaca, in the Ionian Sea, on August 3, 2026. Ithaca, the home to the hero Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey, is far from Greece's main tourist hubs it has never been a regular stop for travellers. The release of the blockbuster film The Odyssey has the island's businesses and officials expecting a rise touristic activity. (Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP via Getty Images)