AI bot swarms, security fears, and the next tech investment boom 2/19/26

Markets confront a new phase of the AI revolution as autonomous bot swarms promise huge productivity gains but raise serious cybersecurity and disinformation risks. Plus, experts warn AI driven influence campaigns could threaten elections and national security as regulation lags behind innovation. And later, investors eye massive opportunities across AI infrastructure, quantum computing, and energy demand as the sector’s total addressable market races toward trillions.