Does AI have a soul? Pope Leo and Anthropic clash.

The Vatican has laid a moral blueprint for the technology, with Pope Leo maintaining that “algorithms lack the spark of humanity.”

MarketWatch Oct 2, 2026 10:32 PM

AI and Oil Shape Market Leadership in the First Nine Months of 2026

AI investment and surging oil prices position Technology and Energy as key market leaders in 2026, despite higher yields and persistent inflation.

Yahoo S&P Oct 2, 2026 9:00 PM

Nvidia Hits Record High as Market Value Reaches $5.7 Trillion

The AI chipmaker's stock topped its May peak on Friday, helped by a record $150 billion buyback and a weak jobs report that cooled bets on Fed rate hikes.

Yahoo S&P Oct 2, 2026 8:30 PM

Is AI growth helping markets look past oil and rate hike scares?

US equities (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) are feeling optimistic as the calendar turns to October. But can interest rate hike fears and shocks from rising oil prices (CL=F, BZ=F) stymy grow…

Yahoo S&P Oct 2, 2026 7:56 PM

Toshiba plans to double AI data center hard drive production, Evercore comments

Investing Stocks Oct 2, 2026 7:51 PM

Celestica Trounces S&P 500 As Earnings Outlook Brightens; Stock Offers Early Entry

AI stock Celestica has doubled the performance of the S&P 500 year-to-date. Shares are above a trendline entry near 353.

Yahoo S&P Oct 2, 2026 5:36 PM

Trump expected to name Jay Clayton as AI czar

Investing Stocks Oct 2, 2026 5:36 PM

Seagate Stock and Western Digital Tumble as AI Shortage Shows Signs of Easing

Western Digital and Seagate’s Japanese rival Toshiba plans to double its production capacity for drives used in AI data centers in fiscal 2027, Nikkei reports.

Yahoo S&P Oct 2, 2026 5:03 PM

ChronoScale Expands AI Pipeline With $1 Billion Revenue Run Rate In Sight

ChronoScale Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:CHRN) shares rose on Friday after the company expanded its AI infrastructure contracts, supporting a projected annualized revenue run rate of $1 …

Yahoo S&P Oct 2, 2026 5:02 PM

Evercore sees Grok Bot as undervalued AI agent opportunity

Investing Stocks Oct 2, 2026 4:25 PM

+106%, +98%, +67%: AI-picked winners keep compounding as October list arrives

Investing Stocks Oct 2, 2026 3:24 PM

US equity funds post second weekly inflow as AI optimism tempers yield concerns

Investing Stocks Oct 2, 2026 2:30 PM

How AI is redefining Wall Street jobs — and boosting demand for this new 'hottest skill' by 1,721%

Banks are fueling a hiring surge for AI engineers who are good at "agent orchestration" — the ability to coordinate teams of specialized agents.

CNBC Top News Oct 2, 2026 1:00 PM

Another viral AI doomsday report claims ‘it’s over.’ Why home prices could take a hit as screen-based jobs disappear.

Egan-Jones has become the latest to issue a viral AI doomsday report, zeroing in on difficulties facing screen-based workers and the housing market.

MarketWatch Oct 2, 2026 12:25 PM

Amazon is hiking chip-rental prices and reportedly moving Nvidia processors off the balance sheet

In a sign of the financing crunch facing the hyperscalers financing the AI revolution, Amazon has announced it is raising prices on how much it charges to rent high-performance mic…

MarketWatch Oct 2, 2026 12:07 PM

Six AI picks are up 34%-106% since picked, the software name leads them all

Investing Stocks Oct 2, 2026 9:25 AM

Three AI picks are up 22%-106% since July, the HR stock leading them

Investing Stocks Oct 2, 2026 7:31 AM

Refining stocks rallied this week, one AI-picked energy name is up 10.69%

Investing Stocks Oct 2, 2026 6:14 AM

Toshiba to double hard disk output capacity amid AI data centre demand - Nikkei

Investing Stocks Oct 2, 2026 5:03 AM

$8.2B acquisition validates AI-picked chip stock: +20% since June

Investing Stocks Oct 2, 2026 4:47 AM

Fed’s Cook sees AI buildup as top inflation risk for 2027

Investing Stocks Oct 2, 2026 3:48 AM

INTERPOL says AI is increasing the speed and scale of cyber threats. Here’s what companies should watch

An INTERPOL executive warns AI is making existing cyber threats faster and harder to detect, while companies face new risks from the rise of agentic AI.

CNBC Top News Oct 2, 2026 2:53 AM

OpenAI alerts more than 100 groups about rogue AI agent activity

Investing Stocks Oct 2, 2026 1:31 AM

Software roared back last quarter. Cramer says these stocks can keep climbing

Software stocks bounced back from their AI-driven sell-off, while chip stocks cooled after a massive first-half run.

CNBC Top News Oct 2, 2026 1:18 AM

Chinese state funds backed purchases of restricted Nvidia AI chips, report says

Investing Stocks Oct 2, 2026 12:29 AM