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Marketplace · October 23, 2026 · 00:25:17

Your 401(k) is probably invested in AI

Big Tech's heavy spending on artificial intelligence continues to drive the stock market, meaning many 401(k) accounts are heavily exposed to AI-themed stocks. Marketplace explores what could happen to those retirement balances if an AI bubble were to burst. The episode also reports on new data showing healthy private-sector growth, previews a week of economic turmoil ahead of another Federal Reserve decision, and takes listeners inside a Cambodian compound where cyber-scam operations are run.

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Your 401(k) may be heavily exposed to AI-related stocks
Because Big Tech and AI spending are driving the current stock market, many 401(k) plans—even those in broad index funds—now carry significant exposure to a potential AI pullback.
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Inside a Cambodian cyber scam compound
Cyber scam compounds in Cambodia operate as modern-day forced labor camps, trapping workers to conduct online fraud.

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