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ASML shares fell about 6% in one session after Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei called for a slower pace of frontier AI development, with OpenAI’s Sam Altman and xAI’s Elon Musk backing the direction, according to Yahoo Finance.
Why it mattersThe reason is less about an immediate collapse in chip demand than investor expectations. ASML sells the lithography machines used to make advanced chips, so a cooler outlook for AI expansion can unsettle future factory spending before it shows up in company orders. Yahoo Finance also reports that ASML’s underlying business remains strong, including raised 2026 guidance. In other words, the market appears to be repricing the AI story before the machinery receipts arrive. Chip forecasting: still part science, part mood ring.
Discuss: Should investors treat AI leaders’ calls for restraint as a genuine threat to chip demand, or mostly as short-term market noise?
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