US stocks fall on AI fears as bond yields rise

Wall Street ended down on Monday, weighed down by losses in Nvidia and other chipmakers after top executives in US artificial intelligence companies raised safety concerns and called for a slowdown in the development of AI. Investors were also jittery after the benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield briefly surpassed 5 percent for the first time since 2023 ahead of this week's Federal Reserve meeting. The US central bank is widely expected to raise interest rates. AI-linked stocks plunged worldwide after the leaders of Anthropic, OpenAI and xAI warned of risks from rapid development, the starkest threat yet to the billions of dollars being poured into the industry that have driven markets to record highs. Shares of Nvidia declined 3.4 percent, while Micron Technology dropped over 5 percent. Broadcom and Advanced Micro Devices each fell over 4 percent. Brent crude futures settled 1 percent higher at US$105.68 per barrel as worries about energy supplies mounted following new strikes on Saudi Arabian energy infrastructure and attacks on ships in the Middle East. High inflation, heavy corporate and government borrowing and concerns about the long-term US fiscal trajectory have sent US…