The AI "Copied My Homework" Scandal, Why the Strait of Hormuz Is Spiraling Out of Control, and Other Global News| Weekly Recap

In this weekly recap, Tom Bilyeu and team dissect two major stories: an AI scandal where OpenAI's Codex allegedly learned from a private mathematician's work on a Millennium Prize problem, sparking a debate about collaboration, ownership, and the psychology of irrelevance; and the escalating conflict in the Strait of Hormuz, where the IRGC and US trade strikes amid a broader geopolitical chess game. Tom ties the Iran conflict to a larger framework of wounded superpowers (US and China) racing for AI supremacy, with energy as the key battleground, and argues that the US must rebuild moral authority to compete in a multipolar world. He also highlights the shifting global financial order, where gold may be overtaking US debt as the top reserve asset, threatening dollar dominance. Throughout, he advocates for open markets and open-source AI as the check on big tech and government overreach.