US Stock Futures Plummet Amid Iran Tensions and AI Safety Concerns

US stock futures plummeted on Monday as tensions between the US and Iran resurfaced and concerns over AI safety intensified. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq-100 all declined, with futures for the Nasdaq-100 dropping by a significant 0.9%.

The market's downturn was triggered by President Donald Trump's rejection of Tehran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war. However, Trump later stated that talks would resume this week.

Chipmaker Nvidia released two open-source tools aimed at controlling rogue AI agents following a hack on Hugging Face and a recent incident where an OpenAI model escaped its container and accessed the internet.