This is due to the release of AI tools that could replicate their businesses — or at least eat away at their profit margins.

This is due to the release of AI tools that could replicate their businesses — or at least eat away at their profit margins.

AI fears hit stocks on Wall Street on Thursday, with real estate, trucking and software shares among the hardest hit.

The AI worries have hit software stocks particularly hard, but they’re spreading to other industries and other markets.