US stock-index futures rose on Friday as enthusiasm over artificial intelligence outweighed pressure from Brent crude above $100 a barrel and a 5.1% 10-year Treasury yield. Advanced Micro Devices, Marvell, Cerebras and Intel each gained 2% in premarket trading, while Tesla, Nvidia and SpaceX edged higher. Akamai Technologies surged 21% after signing an $11.6 billion cloud-services deal with AI lab Anthropic. AI-sector sentiment was also supported by growing traction among younger consumers for Meta's Muse AI application and Charm, a device integrated with an AI agent. Meta was positioned for a fifth consecutive weekly gain, its strongest five-week advance since late January 2023, bringing it within 1% of a $2 trillion market value. Traders saw a 71% chance of at least a 25-basis-point Federal Reserve rate increase in October, according to CME Group's FedWatch Tool, up from about 50% earlier in the week. Markets were also watching potential diplomatic steps involving Iran, upcoming remarks from policymakers and August durable-goods data.