Tech stocks today: AI warnings send shock through chip stocks

LIVE Tech stocks today: AI warnings send shock through chip stocks FILE- A worker passes by robots from Chinese company Lens at the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) · Yahoo Finance · AP Photo/Ng Han Guan Daniel Howley · Technology Editor Updated Mon, September 14, 2026 at 5:55 PM GMT+2 1 min read ^IXIC MSFT Tech stocks fell on Monday, as AI industry leaders raised concerns about the future of the technology and its potential to harm humans. The Nasdaq fell roughly 0.

8% in early trading. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell more than 4%. The episode began last week when an Anthropic researcher announced he was leaving the company via a post on X, saying he didn't feel it was doing enough to keep AI in check.

Anthropic Alignment Science Lead, Evan Hubinger, responded the post saying the former Anthropic worker is correct and that he believes there is a greater-than-10 % chance that the technology could "kill all humans. " On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei posted an essay responding to the posts, calling on AI companies to slow the pace of frontier AI development. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman agreed.

And on Monday, Reuters reported that Microsoft is developing its own code of conduct for its AI models. The various announcements raised questions about whether the AI buildout will continue at its breakneck pace, or if slowing frontier AI models could cut into it. LIVE 5 updates Today at 3:55 PM UTC Yahoo Finance 'There is no threat to humanity right now,' says Gil Luriam, on tech leaders' AI warnings.

Gil Luriam D. A. Davidson's head of technology research, joined Yahoo Finance to unpack calls to slow AI development from Anthropic ( ANTH.

PVT ) CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI ( OPAI. PVT ) CEO Sam Altman, and why he believes the warnings may be masking a push toward greater industry consolidation and concentrated power. "AI is a very powerful technology and right now, it's very good at hacking systems," said Luriam.

"That's it. There is no threat to humanity right now,' he said. "Anthropic and OpenAI want to stifle competition.

They know that they can handle regulation, they can dictate regulation, and that regulation would prevent competition from coming on," he added. Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman , and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk called for a slower pace in the development of frontier AI models. Today at 3:43 PM UTC Daniel Howley Trump dismisses calls to slow AI development, blames 'conspiracy' against AI and data centers President Trump on Monday rejected calls for guardrails on AI models, writing in a post on Truth Social that the government already has "tremendous criminal and regulatory power over these companies!

" Trump's post comes after a flurry of activity over the weekend that saw Anthropic (ANTH. PVT) CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI (OPAI. PVT) CEO Sam Altman , and SpaceXAI (SPCX) CEO Elon Musk call for a slower pace in the development of frontier AI models.

"The only control or "guardrails" that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ! ) PRESIDENT, and the U. S.

A. has that, in spades! " Trump wrote.

"The Trump Administration has stopped AI "people" from doing bad, or potentially bad, "things," like Dario (Anthropic! ), who is now pretending to be a "perfect little angel" — and we will continue to do so! " President Trump wrote a post railing against AI guardrails on Truth Social.

· Truth Social Read more . Today at 2:35 PM UTC Brian Sozzi Cybersecurity stocks get a jolt on gloomy AI warnings from CEOs of Anthropic and OpenAI One sector poised to capitalize on rising concerns about AI safety looks to be cybersecurity stocks. Shares of top cybersecurity names popped in premarket trading amid fresh warnings from the biggest names in AI within the past two days.

Okta ( OKTA ) shares gained 5%, CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) advanced 4. 5%, and Palo Alto Networks ( PANW ) increased 4. 5%.

The gains likely reflect these companies seeing an even faster pace of growth as companies double down on protecting their infrastructure. The positive action stands in stark contrast to pullbacks across the AI complex today . Within the course of two days, AI titans at Anthropic ( ANTH.

PVT ), CEO Dario Amodei, and OpenAI ( OPAI. PVT ), CEO Sam Altman, have managed to scare the hell out of the human race with the powerful technology they created and pushed their teams full of pioneering super-coders to supercharge. Read more .

Today at 2:21 PM UTC Pras Subramanian Leave it to Elon Musk to say, essentially, I've been right all along. The SpaceX ( SPCX ) and Tesla ( TSLA ) CEO agreed with Anthropic ( ANTH. PVT ) CEO Dario Amodei on his essay arguing for pacing AI advances.

The crux of Amodei's argument is that AI using recursive self-improvement "could outrun our ability to understand and control these systems, and so must be pursued very carefully, if at all. " FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo · REUTERS / Reuters Musk replied on X.

com —"Dario is right," but also added later that he's been "sounding the alarm" over AI for some time now, linking back to a post he made back in 2023, when he wrote "AGI is significantly higher risk than nuclear weapons, in my opinion. Super smart humans have trouble imagining something vastly smarter than themselves. " Read more .

Today at 2:13 PM UTC Daniel Howley Anthropic, OpenAI CEOs call for pacing AI development after researcher says technology could 'kill all humans' Anthropic ( ANTH. PVT ) CEO Dario Amodei rocked the AI world over the weekend after he posted a lengthy essay calling on the industry to slow the pace of development of the most advanced AI models. Rival OpenAI ( OPAI.

PVT ) CEO Sam Altman followed up on Amodei's piece, which he published Saturday morning, via a post on X saying that he agrees with Anthropic's chief executive. The announcements come after two AI researchers posted about the dangers of advanced frontier AI models. On Tuesday, Jacob Coxon announced that he resigned from Anthropic , saying that neither the company nor OpenAI is acting responsibly when it comes to developing powerful AI systems.

In a post on X, Coxon stated that the companies are racing to create "self-improving superintelligence. " "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt," he wrote.

"If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible — but I hear the same people express fear privately. No other human activity poses this level of danger. " Anthropic's Alignment Science Lead, Evan Hubinger, then replied to Coxon's post saying the former Anthropic worker is correct and that he believes there is a greater-than-10 % chance that the technology could "kill all humans.

" Read more .