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U.S. futures are falling as calls grow for a slowdown in AI development and oil prices climb amid ongoing clashes in the Middle East. Futures for the S&P 500 dropped 0.7% on Monday, while those for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.2%. Nasdaq futures slid 1.6%. Asian markets were mostly lower. Shares of Japanese investment conglomerate SoftBank Group, a key investor in OpenAI, plummeted 10.7% after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman backed Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei in his calls over the weekend that the AI industry should slow down to ensure its safety.
