Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz again | India's Lok Sabha vetoed 13 by 298:230... | Hungary's Tisza Party once again expanded its absolute majority to 141/199 seats
AI 每日新聞 · 2026-04-19 · 17 min
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每日世界新聞 Podcast — EP46 日期：2026年4月19日（週日） --- 嘿，你好，歡迎回到每日世界新聞，我是你的主持人。 今天禮拜天，我們把時間花在兩條最值得你追的主線：一條是美伊停火剩下兩天，伊朗又把荷莫茲海峽關上了，全球海運保險費、能源價格、匯率走向全部綁在這個節奏上；另一條是印度國會在週五上演了 Modi 執政十二年來第一次憲改敗選，這不只是一場輸贏，是南北印政治版圖重組的起點。科技那邊，我們會聊 Ollama 推出一個會自己學你工作流的 Hermes Agent、Kelp DAO 跨鏈橋被駭走將近三億美元、還有 PyTorch 連三個核心提交都標著「Authore
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Problem solved
Connecting interlinked global crises with AI advances where the line between AI tools and users blurs.
Benefits
- Hermes Agent auto-builds a personalized Skill Library
- Local models gain depth of personalization over cloud
- Jama4 runs on Apple Silicon MLX Runtime efficiently
- Prompts, code and commits become Skill training material
Use cases
- India's Lok Sabha rejected the 131st amendment with 298 votes for, 230 against, 54 short of the 352 needed
- Hungary's Tisza party was revised up to 141 of 199 seats, ending Orban's 16-year rule
- Kelbgar's cross-chain bridge was exploited with nearly $300 million stolen via the Layer0 message layer
- Russia launched nearly 700 drones and 19 ballistic missiles, killing at least 18 and injuring 118
- Nigeria's A1 aviation fuel soared from 900 naira to 3,300 naira per liter, a three-fold increase
KPIs / results
- India amendment: 298 for, 230 against, short 54 of 352
- Hungary Tisza: 141 of 199 seats
- Cross-chain bridge hack: ~$300 million stolen
- IMF revised global growth down to 3.1%
🌐 This transcript was automatically translated to English from the original.
AI Daily News Podcast EP46 Date, Sunday, April 19, 2026 Hey, hello, welcome back to Daily World News, I am your host. Today, Sunday, we spend time on two main threads that are most worthy of your pursuit. One is that there are two days left in the ceasefire between the United States and Iran, and Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz. Global shipping insurance premiums, energy prices, and exchange rate trends are all tied to this rhythm. The other is that the Indian Congress held the first limited-change election in the 12 years since Mori came to power on Friday. This is not just a win or loss, it is the starting point for the reorganization of the political landscape of North and South India. On the technology side, we will talk about Alama's launch of a Hermes Agent that can learn your workflow by itself. Kelbgar's cross-chain bridge was murdered and nearly $300 million was stolen. And PyTorch even three core submissions were marked Author with Claude Meta equals Bianthropic's model to be included in the official engineering chain. Okay, let's start. Let's start with the Middle East. You heard me say yesterday that the Strait of Hormuz is completely open. Trump also publicly thanked Iran. The situation did not even last 36 hours. The Iranian military issued a new statement on Saturday, saying that control of Hormoz returned to the previous state and fired warning shots at ships trying to pass. What is the reason? Tehran said that the United States has not stopped at all. The blockade of Iranian ports continues. I will not let go until you let go. You have to remember two key days on this matter. One is Wednesday, which is April 15. That day, the second round of negotiations between the United States and Iran in Islamabad lasted a total of 21 hours. I didn't sleep for an hour. In the end, there was still no consensus. The United States asked Iran not to enrich for 20 years, and Iran said it would be up to five years. The other day is Tuesday, which is April 21, and the two-week ceasefire expires on that day. If there is no new agreement within these two days, or at least the ceasefire framework is not extended, the chance of another war in the Middle East will increase sharply. At the same time, Israel and Lebanon, the so-called ten-day ceasefire came into effect at 5 pm Eastern Time on Friday. As a result, the Lebanese military accused Israel of shelling villages on the southern border multiple times early Saturday morning. Although Hezbollah is not officially involved in the agreement, senior officials are saying that their finger is on the trigger. Do you feel this atmosphere? A ceasefire on paper is completely different from a ceasefire on the ground. According to the United Nations’ own statistics, since the last ceasefire in Lebanon came into effect, there have been more than 10,000 violations, and hundreds of Lebanese have died. I don’t want to let go of Gaza. You may think that the ceasefire in Gaza has not started long ago, yes, on the surface, but in the past few days from mid-April to now, people are still dying every day. On Thursday, Berahiya in northern Gaza was attacked by an Israeli drone. Two brothers were killed on the spot on the same day. In Gaza City, a nine-year-old boy, Sala Badawi, was killed by Israeli forces in the Town district. A 38-year-old man was also killed in the south of Konyunas. A number that may sound heavy to you. Since October 2023, the death toll in Gaza has exceeded 72,300, more than 765 since the ceasefire alone. The Human Rights Office also recorded that March was the deadliest month for settler violence since records began in Jordan and Xi'an. Okay, let's go east again. A very rare thing happened in India on Friday. Do you remember that I mentioned yesterday that the Indian House of Commons will vote on a constitutional amendment? The results came out. The 131st Constitutional Amendment proposed by the Morley government was rejected. To amend, it required a two-thirds majority, which is 352 votes. In the end, it only received 298 votes, 230 votes against, a shortfall of 54 votes. This was the first time in Morley’s 12 years in power that he had failed to limit the reform. On the surface, the bill was to expand the number of seats in the House of Commons from 543 to 850 seats, and to implement reserved seats for women. It is expected to be launched in 2029. It sounds very progressive, right? But the leadership of the opposition party Congress Priyanka Gandhi and the DMK of South India have all seen through this 850-seat version. This 850-seat version is a tool for the northern gang and northern India to seize the right to speak. You have to know that the economics of north and south India are very different in terms of demographic structure. The fertility rate of north India is very different. If it is weighted according to the proportion of population, the relative weight of south India in the Congress will be diluted. So South India is almost a purview of the opposition, and the integration of the Congress system has finally allowed Morley to eat up him since he came to power. The most serious legislative defeat, the government had to withdraw the "Regionalization Bill" afterwards. This matter is not the victory or defeat of a single bill. He predicted that Indian politics will enter a formal tug-of-war period between North and South India starting from the second half of 2026. Morley wants to use the demographic dividend to convert the region to lock in power for the next 10 years. This wishful thinking has now been officially abolished by Congress. Change the direction. If you are interested in Europe, you probably remember April 12 in Hungary. Magyar's Tissel party unseated Albala this Saturday. The new vote count came out this Saturday. Tissel was revised up from the original estimate of 138 seats to 141 seats. In the 199-seat parliament, this is the largest majority in the history of Hungary's current electoral system. Maguer himself met with the Hungarian head of state on Wednesday. The transfer of power was finalized in the first week of May. Orban's 16-year rule has come to an end. What Brussels is most concerned about now is whether the new government can help the EU solve two things after taking office. One is a team loan of 90 billion euros, and the other is a case of matching the 20th round of sanctions. But you have to know that the country sanctioned by the party in the 20th round is actually not Hungary but Slovakia. The reason is that after the Drosby crude oil pipeline was damaged by Russia, Slovakia required Ukraine to guarantee in writing a clear, transparent and verifiable timetable for the restoration of public service. Otherwise, the sanctions will not be allowed to pass. Zelensky expects that Drosby can be repaired by the end of April. If everything goes well, the EU may have double benefits and increase sanctions on Russia in the last week of April. At the same time, it released loans to Ukraine. You can use this as an anchor. Ukraine had the largest night party of the year early Thursday morning. The Russian army launched nearly 700 drones and 19 ballistic missiles from Kiev to Odessa. At least 18 people were killed and 118 injured, including a 12-year-old boy. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, it was retaliation for Ukraine’s deep attack on our oil refineries and military facilities. Which context do you want to put the scale of this attack in? The Ukrainian Air Force has already started shouting about the need for anti-aircraft bombs on Friday. Part of the reason is that during the First World War, the United States sent its anti-aircraft stocks to the Middle East. Asia will give you two more points. On the Taiwan side, the first anti-energy blockade exercise led by the Ministry of Interior has entered its eighth day, running from April 12 to April 21. The biggest difference from the past is that it is not just a military exercise, but a joint exercise by the Ministry of Interior, Maritime Patrol, Navy, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs. On April 18, the deputy representative of the American Institute in Taiwan went to the scene to observe the civil defense mobilization session. Publicly speaking, this is a major step in Taiwan's willful project of the whole society. National Security Council General Coordinator Gu Lixiong also emphasized that anti-blockade exercises must be normalized. This signal is very clear. For Washington and Taipei, China's blockade of Taiwan is no longer a hypothesis, but a script that must be practiced to muscle memory. On the same Sunday, Lai Ching-te will visit Eswatini next Wednesday, April 22, which will be his first foreign trip since taking office. This is a direct flight that does not enter any third country. Lin Jialong and Pan Meng'an will accompany the delegation. Eswatini is Taiwan's only diplomatic country in Africa. This time, on the one hand, it is to consolidate the relationship and celebrate the 40th anniversary of King Eswatini's accession to the throne. On the other hand, it is also to send a declaration to other African countries that may be swayed that the Taiwanese are present. Beijing will definitely respond. But the key is after this visit is over, will a third country choose to switch recognition in the short term like in the past? On the Philippines side, there will be another big event next Wednesday. The International Criminal Court in The Hague will make a final ruling on Del's jurisdiction appeal. The Hague time is 11 a.m. The verdict was announced at 5 pm Manila time. In October last year, the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber ruled that the case before the Philippines withdrew from the ICC could continue to be pursued. Philippine lawyers appealed to the Court of Appeal, and the results will be announced on Wednesday. The 81-year-old Philippines has requested not to appear in court three times, citing weight loss and cognitive impairment. If the Court of Appeal upholds the original verdict, he will officially enter the ICC trial stage for crimes against humanity. This will be a benchmark judgment that will be repeatedly cited for human rights prosecution cases faced by future leaders of various countries in Southeast Asia. Finally, there are two relatively easy The main thread that is easily overlooked but worth pursuing is the African side. Pope Lier flew from Cameron to Angola on Saturday 14th. Today, Sunday, he hosted a public mass in Kilombo, a suburb of Lawanda. Next, he will take a helicopter to the Mixma resort in Kyrgyzstan. His concert in Cameron attracted 120,000 people. He publicly criticized the tyrants who let tens of millions of dollars flow into the war. It was widely interpreted that when he was sad, he talked about Trump and Russia. The war in Sudan has entered its fourth year. The United Nations states that 28.9 million people in Sudan, or 61.7% of the population, are in immediate food crisis. People in Darfur and South Kordo are eating only one meal a day. Antonio Gutierrez roared at the Berlin donor conference that this nightmare must stop. Next Monday, April 20, Nigeria's airline group issued an ultimatum. If the government does not intervene, flights will be grounded nationwide from that day. The reason is that A1 aviation fuel has dropped from 900 naira per liter at the end of February. Soared to 3,300 naira on April 16, a three-fold increase. Fuel accounts for more than 40% of airline costs. The federal government only held an emergency meeting on Wednesday. This is one of the most concrete cases of the blockade of Hormuz spreading from the Middle East to West Africa. Okay, I will stop the current affairs part here. You should feel a commonality. In today's world, every news is not a single incident, but an extension of another news. Every ceasefire downgrades thousands of Hormons. Thousands of houses in Hormuz. European Airlines. Nigeria Airlines. Global Insurance. Insurance and Qiandong IMF just revised down the figure of global growth to 3.1%. When you listen to the news, you can try to connect them. It is more useful than paper notes. Next, let’s go into technology. Today’s technology is also very interesting because you will find that the boundaries between AI tools and AI users are blurring rapidly. The first thing I want to talk to you about is the official version of Alamafala V0.21.0. There is a new function in it called Hermes Agent. The most special thing about this Agent is not how powerful it is. Instead, it will automatically intercept new skills every time you interact with it and accumulate them into your personalized Skill Library. You can imagine that the more you use the program, the better the model on this machine will understand you. The same version also brings Jama4 to Apple Silicon's Mlex Runtime. If you are running a local model on a Mac, the speed and energy consumption will be significantly improved. You need to understand the meaning of this matter for local AI. In the past, the advantage of local models has always been privacy plus cost, but compared with the cloud, it always loses functionality. This design of Hermes has changed the battlefield. The local model is now compared with the cloud not in RAW capabilities, but in depth of personalization, because the cloud model cannot retain all your Prompts and Codes for a long time, but you also need to have risk rituals. Hermes turns your Prompts, your Codes, and your Commits into customized Skill training materials. For engineering environments with confidential information, this is almost equivalent to giving the model a permanent memory. If enterprise users want to use this set, they must first not use Reduction and offline Audit to feel at ease. The second thing you should pay attention to is a big button for encrypted information security. TelpDow's RCTH cross-chain bridge was penetrated late at night on April 18 UTC by exploiting a vulnerability in the Layer0 cross-chain message layer. A total of nearly 300 million US dollars was taken away. The exact number is 2.192 million. Telp's emergency Postor signature mechanism froze the core contract within 46 minutes after the attack was successful, preventing two subsequent pursuits. What you need to pay attention to is not just the amount, but the name Layer0. It is currently the largest universal cross-chain message layer. Many LST protocols are connected to it. If the core of Layer 0 is really broken, protocols such as Renzo and EtherFi of the same structure may step into the same pit. The mood of the encryption circle these days is a bit like the Crosschain Bridge Black Series Online in 2022. At that time, Renon, Wormhole, and Nomad had successive incidents. Now this wave is likely to be a new round of security review cycles for the bridge. I will keep my eyes on the next 72 hours. See if other protocols connected to Layer 0 have autonomous shutdown checks. Article 3 You have to listen to me talk about the changes in the relationship between PyTorch and Cloud. PyTorch core sent three Viable slash Strict submissions in succession on April 18. One is a quantitative benchmark that can only be run by skipping Fgem on R64. This bug caused M8G ArmRunner to break for more than a month. The second one is using the new TorchStream of PR171443. isBottom line Capturing reconstructs Optimizer's Graph Capture logic. The third is to repair the test failure of Hardcode CUDA on XPU. These three Commit have one thing in common. Their Commit Message is marked Authored with Cloud. Do you understand what I mean? This is not Meta’s internal employees occasionally using Cloud to help. This is Meta’s use of Cloud as a formal co-author in the core engineering chain. Check-in. If you are still waiting to see whether Cloud Code can enter production engineering, this is one of the strongest endorsements. At the same time, LangChain released the official version of LangChain Core 1.3.0. LangChain Anthropic completed the docking of all new features of Opus 4.7 on April 1, and also repaired the empty Encrypted bottom line Content in the Compaction Block. Another thing worth noting about LangChain this time is that TechSplitters and Hugging Face both added SSRF on January 2nd and Hugging Face on February 2nd. Google, these three companies have monopolized the computing power of cutting-edge AI. He called for the use of decentralized inference based on blockchain to fight against it. At first glance, you may think that En makes sense, but I have to give you the opposite perspective. Lubin himself is an LP of multiple Web3 AI related funds. This statement has a very obvious conflict of interest. Moreover, projects such as Bittenser Akos have been working on decentralized inference in the past two years, but they have not really shaken the centralized structure of GPU. You have to see this. Decentralized inference is technically feasible, but the capability gap with the top B-circle model is still orders of magnitude. Think of it as a substitute. The situation is optimistic. It is more practical to think of it as a fearless one in certain scenarios. There is another signal on the cutting-edge technology that you should pay attention to. China's Zhiyuan robot Agibot has mass production exceeded 10,000 units in one month. On April 17, it published 6 self-developed AI models and 7 vertical productivity solutions, officially transforming itself from a hardware company to a polysheng intelligent platform company. Today, there will be a robot marathon in Beijing Yizheng. AutoNavi’s first four-legged robot Tutu debuted. This is the concentrated significance of China’s polysheng intelligent track. On the same day, Nuctech announced its 2025 annual report with revenue of 92.5 billion yuan, immediate profit growth of 18.5%, and operating cash flow surged by 91%. Overseas business still grew by 7.5% even under the pressure of sanctions. These are all telling you that China's hardware plus AI track is not retreating, but is developing new resilience under the pressure of sanctions and decoupling. Finally, I will give you a relatively unpopular point with far-reaching impact. NASA finalized on April 16 to use SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket to help the European Space Agency launch Rosalind, Franklin, and Mars rovers in 2028. The background of this incident is that Russia withdrew from the XMR project in 2022. This Mars rover has never had a launch carrier. Now it is taken over by the American Falcon Heavy. This represents not only space technology. It is a concrete implementation case of the reorganization of US-European space cooperation after the Russia-Ukraine war. You have to tie this matter to the previous Hormus and European sanctions against Russia. Today's global supply chain is not de-risking, but re-selecting sides, space, energy, AI computing power, and cross-chain bridges. Every layer is redrawing the map. Okay, today's program is almost here. If you can only take away three things. I hope you remember these three. First, the US-Iran ceasefire on April 21 is the most important penultimate of this week. Second, the defeat of the Indian Congress on Friday is not just a win or loss for the Mohrigs. It is the beginning of the reorganization of the political map of North and South India. Third, behind the $300 million attack on TelpDA is the next wave of systemic risks for cross-chain bridge security. If you have LST and have money on Layer 0, please take a look at any agreement that is accepted this week. We will see you tomorrow. I wish you a quiet Sunday. But don’t miss these page-turning worlds either