
September 14th, 2026
AI stocks fell around the world on Monday.
Industry leaders warned that a slower pace is needed to keep humanity safe.
Oil prices also jumped early.
This briefly pushed the 10-year Treasury yield to 5%.
Still, many non-AI stocks gained, and oil fell back at midday.
These things limited losses on Wall Street.
The S&P 500 fell just 0.5%.
More stocks in the index rose than fell.
The Dow dropped 152 points, or 0.3%.
The Nasdaq sank 0.6% after recovering most of an early 1.3% loss.
AI stocks were already under pressure.
People worried their prices had risen too high.
Those worries grew after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei spoke.
He called for a deliberate global slowdown in AI development.
He cited safety risks.
Nvidia fell 3.4% and weighed heaviest on the market.
SpaceX dropped 2% after Elon Musk said he agreed with Amodei.
SoftBank Group lost 10.7% in Tokyo.
This came after OpenAI's Sam Altman also backed the idea of a slowdown.
Altman told Fortune that OpenAI would likely wait until next year to sell its stock publicly.
This delays a payout for SoftBank and other early investors.
South Korea's Kospi fell 3.3% on losses in Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix.
President Donald Trump downplayed the need to check AI development.
He said he worried about losing an edge over China.
He said on social media that the only guardrail needed is a strong and smart president.
Some software stocks rose, including Intuit, Autodesk, and Adobe.
Oil kept climbing as Middle East fighting squeezed crude supplies.
Brent rose 1% to $105.68 after nearing $110.
The 10-year Treasury yield later eased to 4.98%.
September 14th, 2026

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