AI futures fell 0.8% to $150.93 as a leading tech company faced supply chain constraints, prompting short-term caution among traders, though demand indicators remain strong. A vast majority of the images I’ve generated have been jokes — most for friends, others between me and the bot. It’s fun, for a while, to interrupt a chat about which mousetrap to buy by asking a supercomputer for a horrific rendering of a man stuck in a bed of glue or to respond to a shared Zillow link with a rendering of a “McMansion Pyramid of Giza…” Yet this promise comes amid a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment surrounding AI. The dizzying pace of technological advancement has created enormous hype and speculation. Behind the excitement looms considerable risks — not just around AI safety and collapse but also around threats to workforce stability and human livelihoods. For many organizations, transforming with AI raises the prospect of massive structural change and disruption to existing business and operating models, emphasizing the importance of AI regulation . AI futures prices edged higher to $157.34 on strong export numbers for AI hardware, particularly from East Asian manufacturing hubs.