# AI slowdown talk knocks tech futures

> Futures slipped Sunday night after AI leaders called for easing off model development, with the Fed meeting still ahead.
- Title: AI slowdown talk knocks tech futures | Shortify
- Summary: Futures slipped Sunday night after AI leaders called for easing off model development, with the Fed meeting still ahead. A call from AI leaders to slow model…
- Keywords: ai stocks, stock market, nasdaq, federal reserve, futures, business, finance, slowdown, talk, knocks, tech, Investor's Business Daily
- Source: Investor's Business Daily — https://investors.com/market-trend/stock-market-today/dow-jones-futures-fed-meeting-anthropic-amodei-openai-altman-spacex-musk-ai-model-slowdown?yptr=yahoo
- Author: ED CARSON
- Published: 2026-09-13T12:28:04+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: ai stocks, stock market, nasdaq, federal reserve, futures, business, finance
## Futures open in the red
Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures all fell Sunday evening, setting up a soft start to the week.

> Dow Jones futures fell Sunday evening, along with S&P 500 futures and especially Nasdaq futures.
## Nasdaq takes the worst of it
The drop was steepest in Nasdaq futures, the contract most loaded with big tech and AI names.
## AI leaders ask for a pause
Artificial intelligence leaders publicly called for slowing model development, and that put AI stocks squarely in focus.

> AI stocks are in focus after artificial intelligence leaders called for slowing AI model development.
## Oil and yields matter too
Crude oil prices and Treasury yields are the other two inputs traders are watching alongside the AI story.
## The Fed is up next
An upcoming Federal Reserve meeting hangs over the week and could override whatever the AI headlines do to sentiment.
## Friday already showed a bounce
Stocks fell through last week, then rebounded Friday on strength from names like Apple, Moderna and NetApp.

> The stock market fell last week, but rebounded Friday
## Key takeaway

A call from AI leaders to slow model development hit tech futures hardest, and the Fed meeting is the next thing that moves the tape.