Global tech and AI-linked stocks plummeted as investors reacted to growing safety concerns and calls from industry leaders like Anthropics CEO to decelerate AI development, threatening the equity rally built on expectations of rapid growth and productivity.

The Kospi Index — a key barometer for AI investments — fell over 3% with SK Hynix Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. among the losers. Semiconductor makers and other AI-linked…

Calls for restraint have grown in the industry, with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei saying Saturday that the company would introduce additional safeguards, including independent…

By Sherry Qin and Adria Calatayud