Shares of global companies involved in the development of artificial intelligence are falling amid calls from industry leaders to slow down the pace of industry development, Tengrinews.kz reports with reference to Reuters. Global technology markets took a beating as shares of artificial intelligence-related companies sank following statements from industry executives about the potential existential risks of AI, hitting investor confidence and the sector, which sent indexes to record highs. On Wall Street, the Nasdaq 100 was down 1.2 percent to a six-week low and closed down 0.4 percent. Chip manufacturers sank the most. "If this leads to some slowdown and rethinking of AI spending, that will have implications for the economy and some important sectors of the stock market because, essentially, we've made significant gains with AI spending," said Steve Sosnick, chief market analyst at Interactive Brokers. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, in an essay on X, called for a slowdown in model capacity amid fears of AI abuses. He was supported by Elon Musk (xAI) and Sam Altman (OpenAI). Altman also stated that Ope's IPO
There will be no nAI this year due to security reasons. “In six to twelve months, AI agents may be able to take over the entire internet, potentially causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damage,” Amodei wrote. Separately, Altman warned that the risk of human extinction posed by AI is serious enough for companies and governments to take action. Anxiety has increased following the resignation of anthropologist Jacob Coxon, who said AI giants were "playing with our lives." Anthropic published a threat report highlighting use cases for Claude AI ranging from weapons development and cyber operations to surveillance and anti-fraud. "These warnings should be taken seriously. There are real risks that models will do things that we don't want and that we have a poor understanding of," said Gillian Hadfield, a professor at Johns Hopkins University. In the US, senators are discussing a bill that would require AI companies to demonstrate reasonable precautions. At the same time, US President Donald Trump called the fears a “sick conspiracy” against AI and data centers. The US and China, according to Reuters, will discuss the safety of AI at bilateral meetings this month.
ovorah. Some investors ignore the alarmism. “Competition between companies and countries remains intense, and it is difficult to imagine firms voluntarily retreating while competitors continue to advance,” Deutsche Bank said. Some experts consider this to be a cover for a real uncontrolled slowdown in growth. The most important things about events in Kazakhstan and the world
