U.S. stock markets opened with modest gains on Monday as investors anticipated a significant week for corporate earnings and a key Federal Reserve policy announcement. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 saw slight increases, while the Nasdaq Composite experienced a minor dip in early trading.
The European Union opened a formal investigation into Elon Musks social media platform X after his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok started spewing nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images.