AI giants are embracing blockbuster debt deals to fund their voracious appetite for chips.
Plus, Norway's government considers whether AI smart glasses should be legal to use in public places.
We must avoid making the same mistakes that we did like 15, 20 years ago with social media.
At that time, we didn't quite understand what we were like unleashing on society.
And energy prices are rising as the Houthis ramp up attacks on Saudi Arabia
and Hurricane Isaias takes aim at the Gulf Coast.
It's Thursday, October 8th.
I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.
And here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
Stocks are slipping today, and oil futures have resumed their rise after Houthi militants attacked
a pair of Saudi airports, including in the capital Riyadh, killing three people and leaving dozens injured.
The Houthis had previously warned international carriers using Saudi airspace to halt their flights,
with the exception of those over the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Isaias, which is approaching the U.S.
Gulf Coast, is also driving up oil prices as the storm shuts down some U.S.
Production, as are fresh attacks on at least one ship in the Middle East,
and a report from The Atlantic that President Trump is considering striking Iran before the midterms.
Well, a suspected Iranian plot to target U.S.
B-1 bombers at Britain's RAF Fairford last month,
which led to the sudden removal of a dozen aircraft, is exposing the vulnerability of air bases to drones.