Tech stocks slide on AI slowdown talks

FILE PHOTO: Words "AI Artificial Inteligence", keyboard, and a robotic hand in this illustration taken June 5, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Sept 14 (Reuters) - Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on AI companies to slow ⁠the pace at which they develop the technology, the latest in a series of warnings highlighting growing concerns across the tech industry over the safety of AI.

Stocks from Asia ⁠to New York sank on the news, with tech-heavy equity markets including South Korea's KOSPI closing down 3.3% and the U.S. Nasdaq index falling 0.8%. In the U.S., ‌chip stocks bore the brunt of the selloff while software names rallied sharply.

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资料图片：这张摄于2026年6月5日的插图显示了“AI”（人工智能）字样、键盘和一只机械手。路透社/Dado Ruvic/插图/资料图片

9 月 14 日（路透社）—— Anthropic 首席执行官 Dario Amodei 呼吁人工智能公司放慢技术开发速度，这是科技行业对人工智能安全性日益增长的担忧中的最新一起警告。

受此消息影响，从亚洲到纽约的股市普遍下跌，其中科技股为主的韩国综合股价指数（KOSPI）收跌3.3%，美国纳斯达克指数下跌0.8%。在美国，芯片股首当其冲遭受抛售，而软件股则大幅反弹。

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