AI spending has become a major prop for U.S. growth, accounting for roughly 40% of the past year’s expansion. Now, calls from industry leaders—including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei—to deliberately slow frontier-model development are testing how much restraint the economy can bear. A sharper pullback could ripple through chipmakers, cloud providers and startups that have ramped up capital outlays, potentially denting productivity gains that businesses are counting on. Proponents argue tighter guardrails will reduce risks without derailing innovation, while critics warn premature limits could blunt a rare engine of investment and competitiveness.
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