The U.S. stock market is rising Friday after an encouraging update on inflation helped calm a Wall Street that’s been wracked by worries about how artificial-intelligence technology may upend the business world.

U.S. stocks steadied after an encouraging update on inflation helped calm a Wall Street that’s been wracked by worries about how AI may upend the business world. The S&P 500

The U.S. stock market is holding steadier Friday after an encouraging update on inflation helped calm a Wall Street that’s been wracked by worries about how artificial-intelligence technology may upend the business world.

The U.S. stock market is holding steadier after an encouraging update on inflation helped calm a Wall Street that’s been wracked by worries about how AI may upend the business

Asia shares were trading mostly lower Friday, tracking sharp Wall Street losses on a sell-off of technology-related stocks that investors fear could lose out from artificial intelligence disruptions.

A large rainbow Pride flag was raised again over the Stonewall National Monument after the Trump administration removed it earlier in the week. Supporters gathered in Manhattan, calling the reinstallation a stand against erasure and a reminder of the movement’s origins at Stonewall.

Wall Street has come alive to the threat from AI to broad swaths of white-collar work, indiscriminately wiping billions of dollars off stocks in sectors from wealth managers to insurance brokers and property services.

AI fears hit stocks on Wall Street on Thursday, with real estate, trucking and software shares among the hardest hit.