Traders work on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 11, 2026 in New York City, the United States.
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Artificial intelligence is making a splash. In the market, this usually means others are having a rough week.
The latest victims of this technology are real estate, Freight and Logistics Inventoryjoining financial and software-as-a-service stocks tumbling on concerns about artificial intelligence.
Elon Musk commented on a podcast last week that office buildings will soon be empty as artificial intelligence replaces workers. This is a repeated point prose Posted by Matt Shumer, co-founder and CEO of OtherSide AI, who believes AI could eliminate entry-level white-collar jobs. If fewer people clock in, fewer leases will be signed.
On the freight side, the pressure is more specific. artificial intelligence company Algorithmic Holdings has released a tool it claims will allow operators to expand freight capacity by 300% to 400% without hiring more employees. That prospect was enough to send trucking and logistics stocks tumbling.
“We believe investors are moving away from high-fee, labor-intensive business models that are seen as potentially vulnerable to AI-driven disruption,” Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst Jade Rahmani said in a note Wednesday.
Not all balance sheets are under siege. Japanese Softbank Said it Added value of $4.2 billion Its OpenAI investment helped boost its Vision Fund by $2.4 billion in the December quarter.
Artificial intelligence is also at the heart of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s 2026 strategy budget announcement. The city-state will set up a “National Artificial Intelligence Council” to support companies that want to harness artificial intelligence and offer citizens who take selected courses free access to advanced AI tools for six months.
respectively, CKH Holdings Thursday said this would require “legal recourse” versus Danish shipping giant APM Terminals Maerskif it takes over operations at the ports of Balboa or Cristobal in Panama. CK Hutchison currently operates the ports, but the Supreme Court of Panama recently ruled invalidate the company’s licenseThe move was widely seen as a victory for the Trump administration.
—CNBC’s Michelle Fox, Sarah Min, Lim Hui Jie and Anniek Bao contributed to this report.







