Investors Sell Stocks as Worries Over AI Disruption Spread
Artificial intelligence has long been seen as a powerful tool for growth. It promised faster work, lower costs, and new business opportunities. But recently, investors began to focus on another side of the story. Instead of asking how companies will benefit from AI, they started asking which companies might suffer because of it. That shift in thinking triggered a broad stock market sell-off. The concern first appeared in software stocks. Investors worried that AI systems could replace many tasks now handled by large enterprise software companies such as Salesforce and ServiceNow. These companies charge businesses high fees for digital services. If AI tools can perform similar tasks faster and…