Brief
A current read on the AI Fear Index: why it is moving, which signal matters most and what would confirm a broader fear shift.
Today's brief
Main pressure
AI incidents
100 incident reports in 30 days (baseline ≈ 60)
Change
+4 vs previous
Anxiety is higher than the last distinct daily snapshot.
Market read
-0.42%
AI stocks are not moving the index much today. Biggest sampled move: META -4.46%.
What to watch next
Watch whether AI-news attention stays elevated, whether prediction markets move with it, and whether AI-stock weakness spreads beyond a few names. A durable fear move usually needs more than one signal to confirm it.
494 AI stories on HN in 48h · 8 with 100+ points
9 open AI-risk markets · avg implied P(risk) 41%
139k weekly views of AI-risk topics · +50% vs 5-week baseline
100 incident reports in 30 days (baseline ≈ 60)
Coming online — excluded from today's score
Live market feed offline — excluded from the composite