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Futures down: Dow 0.14%, S&P 500 0.34%, Nasdaq 0.77%

Feb 17 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged lower

on Tuesday as worries about AI-driven disruption unsettled

investors after the ​long weekend, while markets also focused on

corporate earnings.

Concerns over ‌artificial intelligence sparked a selloff in

software firms, brokerages and trucking companies last week,

causing Wall Street's three main indexes to log their ⁠steepest

weekly declines since mid-November.

"AI adoption is an overall positive rather than a negative,

but it would ⁠change the business models of some industries. We

continue to see the ‌AI disruption trade as ‌a rotation theme,

rather than a risk-off," said Mohit Kumar, economist at

Jefferies.

Potential risks from Chinese AI players also added to the

uncertainty. ​On Monday, Alibaba unveiled a new AI model, Qwen

3.5, ‌designed to independently execute complex tasks. Its

U.S.-listed shares rose 1% in premarket trading on

Tuesday.

Most U.S. tech stocks were lower on Tuesday, with Nvidia ( NVDA )

losing 1%, while ​Microsoft and Apple ( AAPL )

inched down 0.4% each.

At 05:46 a.m. ​ET, Dow ‌E-minis fell 69 points, or

0.14%, S&P 500 E-minis lost 23.25 points, or 0.34%, and

Nasdaq 100 E-minis shed 191.75 points, or 0.77%.

This week, the personal consumption expenditure report - the

U.S. ⁠Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge - will be

closely watched for insight into inflation and the ⁠potential

impact on the central bank's rate-cut trajectory.

The dataset follows a cooler-than-expected consumer

inflation reading last week that slightly raised bets on rate

cuts this year.

Traders are pricing in a 25-basis-point reduction in June,

with the odds at 52%, compared with a close-to-49% chance a week

ago, according to CME's FedWatch Tool.

Corporate ⁠earnings will ‌also be in focus, with Constellation

Energy ( CEG ), eToro and Labcorp ( LH ) expected to

report ‌results before the bell.

More than 73% of S&P 500 companies reported earnings this

quarter, of which 74.5% ⁠posted results above analysts'

estimates, compared to 67% in a typical quarter, data from LSEG

showed on Friday.

Markets await comments from Fed Governor Michael Barr and

San Francisco President Mary Daly through the day.

Among other movers, Norwegian Cruise Line ( NCLH ) jumped

10% in premarket trading after the Wall Street Journal reported

activist investor Elliott has built a more than 10% stake in the

cruise operator.

U.S.-listed shares of Zim Integrated Shipping soared

about 35% after Germany's Hapag-LLoyd agreed to ​buy the company

for $4.2 billion.

Masimo ( MASI ) surged about 37% after a report said Danaher ( DHR )

was closing in on a nearly $10 billion deal to acquire

the pulse-oximeter maker. Danaher ( DHR ) lost 4.8%.

Investors will look for the Supreme Court's ​next opinion day

on Friday, when a verdict ‌on U.S. President Donald Trump's

tariffs could be announced.