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It may seem like AI emerged in the mainstream consciousness from nowhere. But not everyone is surprised.

For prescient researchers, founders, and others who make up Insider's AI 100, this moment was inevitable. 

Even among those who predicted this moment, the speed with which AI has arrived on the world stage has been startling. And it's led to mixed reactions; first, a wave of

• Governments across the world are at different stages of creating and enacting AI regulations.
• The EU may be the first to enact generative AI regulation. China takes a more restrictive stance.
• The US has relied on industry experts while the EU and Brazil aim to establish a categorical system.

Generative AI exploded into the public consciousness in late

• Oil benchmarks jumped after Hamas attacked Israel, while stocks slipped in an initial reaction.
• Iran becoming embroiled in the crisis would be bad news for the US economy, according to analysts.
• Crude prices would soar in that scenario, undermining

• The US bond market is braving the biggest sell-off in history, with benchmark yields quintupling since the end of 2020.
• The rout is far from finished, and long-dated yields are set to extend the climb, according to BlackRock.
• Inflation, the Fed's higher-for-longer interest-rate policy, and the rising US debt burden are weighing on the market.

The US bond market