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Amodei AI slowdown talk spooks chip stocks while bitcoin rises. Why?

Bitcoin rose even as major U.S. semiconductor stocks fell after calls within the AI industry to slow development for safety reasons. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei argued for intentionally reducing the pace of AI model performance gains, a view backed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and xAI owner Elon Musk. Chip stocks and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index slid, while bitcoin, ether and XRP advanced. Attention is also on expectations for the U.S. Clarity crypto market-structure bill and Federal Reserve rate signals.