AI slowdown concerns send US memory chip sector plunging in premarket trading, with SK Hynix ADR down over 7% and Seagate Technology down over 6%

BlockBeats news, September 14th, according to BIT (bit.com) market data, the U.S. stock storage sector fell sharply in pre-market trading, among which:

SanDisk (SNDK) fell 5.73%; Seagate Technology (STX) fell 6.17%; Western Digital (WDC) fell 5.64%; Micron Technology (MU) fell 5.82%; SK Hynix ADR fell 7.13%.

On the news front, as AI safety concerns intensify, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently called on the U.S. government to push the industry to slow down AI development and allow AI companies to jointly establish safety standards without violating antitrust laws. This initiative has gained support from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and others, while Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also called for controlling the pace of AI development.

However, the Trump administration is cautious about slowing down AI development. David Sacks, co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, stated that if AI companies believe new models pose excessive risks, they can decide to slow down on their own, but should not use this as a reason to ask the government to suspend antitrust laws. Trump emphasized that the United States currently leads China in the AI field, saying "whoever wins AI wins everything," and therefore wants to maintain its leading advantage.