Global technology shares faltered after prominent AI executives called for slowing development and instituting stronger safeguards, widening a policy rift with President Donald Trump, who dismissed existential risks as a hoax and signaled opposition to new rules. Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark told the BBC firms should be required to maintain verifiable “kill switches,” while House Speaker Mike Johnson said the White House will convene AI leaders and lawmakers to discuss safety. Investors weighed whether a cooler AI spending trajectory could hit chip suppliers such as Nvidia and Intel, even as broader U.S. indexes steadied on signs of resilient growth. The U.K. reiterated it takes advanced-AI risks “extremely seriously” via its AI Security Institute, as the debate unfolded amid rising concerns over AI-driven misinformation and the heavy power demands of data centers.
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