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Wall Street’s AI trade on watch as Altman, Musk join calls for slowing development
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Will Secretary Scott Bessent fire his bazooka to avert yields climbing above 5%? Investing.com -- Major figures in the artificial intelligence industry such as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and xAI founder Elon Musk on Saturday voiced support for Anthropic top boss Dario Amodei’s call to slow down the pace of AI development.
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Will Secretary Scott Bessent fire his bazooka to avert yields climbing above 5%? Investing.com -- Major figures in the artificial intelligence industry such as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and xAI founder Elon Musk on Saturday voiced support for Anthropic top boss Dario Amodei’s call to slow down the pace of AI development. The comments have put a spotlight on Wall Street’s high-flying AI trade, with weekend futures tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 shedding 1% on Sunday. In a lengthy blog post titled ‘We Must Pace the Frontier,’ Amodei proposed a three-step plan for the slow down, with the first major step being Anthropic committing to giving an embedded team of third-party evaluators "ongoing, employee-like access" to verify the company’s safety practices and assess the alignment of its models and training pipelines. “I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier.
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AI development pacing
Top tech leaders are suggesting we slow down the rush to build advanced artificial intelligence. Because investors care a lot about fast AI growth, the stock market reacted with a temporary dip in tech futures.
What changed
Major AI industry figures publicly supported slowing down the pace of AI frontier development, putting pressure on tech futures.
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- $MSFTWatch — track, don’t rush
A key player in AI that could see its stock swing if investors worry about slower AI progress.
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- $GOOGLWatch — track, don’t rush
Another tech giant heavily invested in AI that watches how fast the whole industry moves.
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A big tech company building AI models that is sensitive to changing industry rules.
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