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Financial advisors are cautioning that sharp swings in AI-related stocks could meaningfully affect the retirement portfolios of workers with heavy exposure to the artificial intelligence trade through 401(k) funds. The warning comes as AI stocks have become an outsized share of major indexes tracked by target-date and index funds commonly used in retirement accounts. Advisors are urging savers to assess their concentration risk rather than react impulsively to volatility, noting that many retirement plans have unknowingly accumulated large AI exposure through broad market index funds. The guidance reflects growing concern among financial planners about how speculative swings in a narrow set of mega-cap technology stocks could ripple through mainstream retirement savings.