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Equities closed in the red Monday as AI slowdown fears dragged on chipmakers. The S&P five hundred shed nearly half a percent, the Nasdaq one hundred fell eight-tenths of a percent, and the Dow slipped roughly a quarter point, with semiconductor names leading the decline as investors weighed whether AI capital spending can sustain its current pace.
Staying in the AI space, Google has opened access to Anthropic's Claude for all of its engineers, a notable move given that Google is itself an investor in Anthropic. The decision signals that the company is prioritizing developer productivity over any awkwardness of leaning on a rival's tooling, particularly as competitors pull ahead in AI-assisted coding workflows.
And a developing story with serious human consequences out of Miami — Amazon has suspended its relationship with cargo carrier twenty-one Air after an Amazon-branded Boeing seven sixty-seven three hundred crashed on landing at Miami International Airport, killing five people on the ground and injuring five others. The incident raises immediate questions about third-party logistics safety standards across the e-commerce giant's sprawling air freight network.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
