Stocks Sink On Renewed Trade Fears & Lackluster Earnings

Dow closes down 300 points on trade fears, latest earnings (CNBC)

Government shutdown becomes 2nd longest in U.S. history (CNBC)

China’s Phone Makers Are Chasing Xiaomi, Not Apple (Bloomberg)

Is the Flurry of Circular AI Deals a Win-Win—or Sign of a Bubble? (WSJ)

Amazon’s switch to robots over human warehouse employees will save it up to $4 billion a year, Morgan Stanley says (CNBC)

AI is already taking white-collar jobs. Economists warn there’s ‘much more in the tank’ (CNBC)

Hundreds of public figures, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Virgin’s Richard Branson urge AI ‘superintelligence’ ban (CNBC)

Meta Cutting Roughly 600 AI Jobs as Company Aims to Move Faster (Bloomberg)

Google claims ‘quantum advantage’ again - but researchers are skeptical (Nature)