Artificial-intelligence-linked stocks have plunged worldwide after leaders of the biggest artificial-intelligence companies warned of risks from rapid development. It's the starkest threat yet to the billions of dollars being poured into the industry that have driven world markets to record highs.
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Global AI stocks plummet
Industry chiefs call for slowing development; Trump rejects worries
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A market decline follows weeks of reports of artificial-intelligence agents acting against their operators' instructions to access external systems, as well as the departure of prominent AI safety researchers who warned that the rapidly progressing technology could lead to extinction of the human race in the not-too-distant future.
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, speaks during an April 30 interview on "The Circuit with Emily Chang" at Anthropic's headquarters in San Francisco.
SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk speaks Sept. 1 via video conference to delegates at the G20 Innovation Ministerial summit in Chapel Hill, N.C.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks to a reporter July 29 in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington.