20 hottest tech stocks: Apple, Meta Platforms, AI risk warnings
With the US technology sector as hot as ever, ii’s head of investment runs through the most-bought tech stocks on the ii platform, latest news and upcoming results.
11th September 2026 09:26
by Victoria Scholar from interactive investor
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Apple
Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) has landed a top 10 position among the most-bought tech stocks on the ii platform this week, climbing eight places up the leaderboard. New CEO John Ternus, who took over from Tim Cook this month, announced the biggest change to its iPhone line in many years, with the launch of the iPhone Duo, Apple’s first foldable phone, threatening Samsung Electronics Co Ltd DR (LSE:SMSN) and Google’s dominance in the foldable smartphone market.
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The Duo has a large screen display, allows users to look at two apps simultaneously, and is the thinnest iPhone yet when open. It has a dual battery to maximise energy and its A20 pro chip promises performance gains, particularly for gaming. However, it comes with a hefty price tag. The premium product will start retailing at $1,999 (£1,479), going up to $3,199 depending on storage.
Apple also announced its latest iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max retailing from $1,199 and $1,299 respectively, a $100 increase because of higher memory costs. Plus, it launched the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 models with new audio and AI features as well as new AirPods 5 with better noise cancellation and battery life.
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Source: interactive investor, 7-9 September 2026.
Other news
Meta Platforms
Meta Platforms Inc Class A (NASDAQ:META) launched its long-awaited AI assistant, Muse, which aims to be the “world’s first personal AI agent build for everyone”. Powered by Meta’s underlying AI model Muse Spark, the company said Muse “doesn’t just answer questions, it actually does the work. It helps people stay on top of things, takes tasks and projects off their plate, and turns long-term goals into action plans.” Muse aims to autonomously carry out tasks such as booking travel, sending emails, making payments online and turning a recipe reel into a grocery list.
Muse will initially be available for customers in the US, but the company plans to push the product worldwide further down the line. While the basic version will be free, there will be subscriptions available at $20 per month and $100 per month, depending on usage.
Meta shares rallied on Wednesday, a particularly upbeat response in the context of a weaker day for broader markets. Investors are optimistic towards the potential for a new revenue stream for Meta.
JP Morgan upgraded the stock to overweight from neutral and raised its price target from $640 to $820 this week. It said Meta is entering a new phase of AI monetization beyond advertising.
AI risk warnings
There have been a series of AI risk warnings this week.
A 27-year-old British researcher at Anthropic, Jacob Coxon, who resigned from the AI giant, accused the company and its rival OpenAI of acting irresponsibility. In a series of posts on X alongside his resignation announcement, he said “they are racing straight to self-improving super-intelligence and gambling with our lives”. He added, “Do not underestimate the power of this technology. These will soon be super-human systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources.” In a further post he wrote, “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.” Responding to Coxon’s posts, Anthropic researcher Evan Hubinger said he thinks there is a more than 10% chance that AI could kill all humans within the next decade.
The head of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) Pablo Hernández de Cos said there are risks to financial stability from the rapid proliferation of AI. It estimates that the top five tech firms will invest more than $1 trillion in AI in 2025 and 2026. But he said, “the scale and speed of the current investment boom, and the weight of expected commercial returns, do warrant some caution”.
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Volker Turk, the UN’s high commissioner for human rights, said he shares “the concerns of industry insiders that advance AI could pose an existential risk to humanity”. Turk has called for “an all-out effort to put cast-iron guarantees in place around the safety and security of AI, before it is too late”. And he said a few men hold “almost unlimited power over AI”.
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