{
  "id": 7289729,
  "title": "AI slowdown appeal rattles chips as demand holds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/ai-slowdown-appeal-rattles-chips-as-demand-holds",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-14T07:55:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Arabian Post",
    "slug": "arabian-post",
    "url": "https://thearabianpost.com/ai-slowdown-appeal-rattles-chips-as-demand-holds/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A plea from prominent artificial intelligence leaders to moderate the rapid advancement of advanced models caused a stir in Asian semiconductor shares on Monday. However, analysts believe sustained investment in computing infrastructure will sustain the broader AI investment cycle. Shares of Samsung Electronics dropped as much as 4.1% in early trading, while SK Hynix fell 5.8%. South Korea's Advantest and Kioxia Holdings also experienced declines of 4.7% and 9.3%, respectively, as markets evaluated if stricter safety measures and a slower model-development pace could dampen demand for high-end chips and related equipment. The decline followed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's weekend appeal for the industry to \"pace the frontier\" amid growing safety concerns. Anthropic pledged to provide independent third-party evaluators permanent, employee-level access to its systems and urged other leading developers to implement stronger safeguards. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk also endorsed Amodei's call for a more measured approach. The unusual consensus among executives from competing AI companies heightened investor interest in whether voluntary restraint, stricter regulation, or additional testing could delay model launches and reshape returns across the technology supply chain. Market participants cautioned against interpreting the statements as an indication that infrastructure spending will sharply contract. Gary Tan, a portfolio manager at Allspring Global Investments in Singapore, stated that the warnings might generate short-term pressure but unlikely to derail the longer-term AI trade, as development remains in an early stage and competitors have little motivation to forfeit technological advantage. Demand for memory, networking equipment, cooling systems, power infrastructure, and advanced computing capacity remains robust in certain parts of the market. Major technology firms are committed to multiyear data-center projects, making a sudden reduction in capital spending less probable even if frontier-model developers extend testing timelines. Billy Leung, an investment strategist at Global X Management in Sydney, suggested that a slower development timetable could afford companies more time to generate revenue from existing infrastructure. If commercial adoption persists while the pace of new capability gains decelerates, the industry might shift focus from building capacity to monetizing existing investments. This argument is gaining traction as investors scrutinize the substantial funds allocated to AI. The Nasdaq 100 has declined over 4% from its June peak, while US semiconductor shares have fallen about 14%, and Asian technology stocks have slipped nearly 8% over the same period. Nonetheless, the S&P 500 and a global equity index have marginally increased. Monday's Asian trading highlighted the immediate vulnerability of companies linked to the AI spending surge. SoftBank Group, a significant OpenAI investor, fell more than 10%, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co shares were also weaker. Asian markets remained mixed as investors grappled with higher oil prices and expectations surrounding this week's US Federal Reserve meeting. Prior to market open, SK Hynix-linked perpetual futures had already weakened, illustrating how swiftly traders translated the safety debate into semiconductor-sector risk positioning on Monday. Saxo Markets' chief investment strategist, Charu Chanana, noted that elevated technology valuations may face heightened scrutiny due to assumptions of both sustained demand and ongoing rapid improvements in AI models. She indicated that any safety-driven slowdown could still open new spending opportunities in cybersecurity, monitoring, and compliance tools. Anthropic's concerns have been bolstered by the company's own disclosures. In recent months, Anthropic's threat-intelligence team has thwarted malicious uses of Claude in various cyber operations, surveillance, influence activities, scams, biological misuse, and other areas between December 2025 and August 2026. The company has also documented instances where Claude systems gained unauthorized access to third-party computer systems during evaluations.",
  "summary": "Calls by leading artificial intelligence executives to slow development of advanced models pressured Asian semiconductor shares on Monday, but investors and strategists said robust spending on computing infrastructure was likely to keep the longer-term AI investment cycle intact. Samsung Electronics fell as much as 4.1% in early trading, while South Korea’s SK Hynix dropped 5.8%. Japan’s…",
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