According to Axios, leaders of multiple U.S. congressional committees responsible for AI regulation and oversight said their personal familiarity with and use of AI is limited.

KOSPI average daily turnover in September fell to 20.6 tln won (~$15bn), the lowest in 2026 and less than half May–June peak levels, signaling waning investor appetite that could make an AI-heavy market hard to retake prior highs. Earlier this year retail buying on AI enthusiasm drove record gains, then doubts about returns triggered a 22% selloff in July. The benchmark has since rebounded but failed to hold the 7,000 level. Analyst Jason Minsang Kam said volatility should ease, chip-cycle concerns should be resolved, and he expects the index to trade in a range.

The former Party secretary and director of the Henan Securities Regulatory Bureau, Niu Xuefeng, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is under disciplinary review by the CCDI/National Supervisory Commission discipline-inspection team at the China Securities Regulatory Commission and under a supervisory investigation by the Luohe Municipal Supervisory Commission, authorities said.