Stock market futures are pointing to a lower open after Israel carried out airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear program sites in a major escalation of tensions in the Middle East. The dollar has rallied, as investors rush back into the currency in their search for safe-haven assets,

Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s effort to scale up the company’s artificial-intelligence ambitions took their latest step forward with an investment in ScaleAI and the poaching of the the data-labeling AI startup’s founder.

Meta is making its first major minority investment in an outside company as it tries to catch up to a growing field of artificial intelligence rivals.