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Semiconductor stocks including Nvidia, AMD, and Intel tumbled in premarket trading following calls from industry leaders to slow AI development. Executives from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Microsoft cited safety concerns and the risks of autonomous recursive self-improvement as primary drivers for a potential industry slowdown.
Leaders from companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, and Microsoft are concerned that AI is advancing toward a level of 'recursive self-improvement' that could become difficult for humans to control.