{"id":11994,"date":"2026-02-12T12:41:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/events\/trading-leveraged-etfs-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T19:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:05:06","slug":"ai-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/events\/ai-whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hottest Sectors Retail Investors Are Watching Right Now: AI &#038; What\u2019s Next"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11994\" class=\"elementor elementor-11994\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15d89bc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"15d89bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a1323a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a1323a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46b50a8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"46b50a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/cannabis-eventscdn.benzinga.com\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/12181434\/Benzinga-Virtual-Events-logo-NEW_navy_small.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7679\" alt=\"Benzinga Virtual Events\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cannabis-eventscdn.benzinga.com\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/12181434\/Benzinga-Virtual-Events-logo-NEW_navy_small.png 1000w, https:\/\/cannabis-eventscdn.benzinga.com\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/12181434\/Benzinga-Virtual-Events-logo-NEW_navy_small-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/cannabis-eventscdn.benzinga.com\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/12181434\/Benzinga-Virtual-Events-logo-NEW_navy_small-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f33ada9 e-con-full elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f33ada9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c80c9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c80c9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#hero\">Home<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d98d168 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d98d168\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#speakers\">Speakers<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73aff0d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"73aff0d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"hero\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e7ed27 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e7ed27\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53c4c29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53c4c29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Virtual Event<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4570bd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d4570bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Hottest Sectors Retail Investors Are Watching Right Now: AI &amp; 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