Tesla cut its capital spending plan for this year to $20 billion from the $25 billion it guided three months earlier, and Elon Musk said Optimus robots need to learn through self-play at scale before real-world use, since they lack a vast fleet of cars to gather training data. At Meta, Mark Zuckerberg's comments on credit limits suggest early users of the Muse AI agent may be overspending; more than a quarter of Muse users shop with it, at an average purchase above $200, and according to a quote in the article, Meta had to work with Stripe to raise credit limits in the first week because volumes exceeded expectations. The article asks whether AI agent shopping could lead to unpaid debts and write-offs for retailers and banks. At IBM, CEO Arvind Krishna said larger enterprises are scrutinizing the true ROI of their AI spending, while maintaining that AI's productivity benefits are very real.
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| Industry | Interactive Media & Services |
| Market cap | $1.9T |
| Close on 10/21/2026 | 698.43 |
| Change that session | +0.60% |
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| Industry | Automobile Manufacturers |
| Market cap | $1.4T |
| Close on 10/21/2026 | 386.55 |
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