SoftBank Shares Slide 13% After AI Chiefs Sound Alarm on Safety

SoftBank Group's shares fell 13% following statements from Anthropic PBC Chief Executive Dario Amodei and OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman calling for developers to slow artificial intelligence development. The timing of the stock decline coincided with the executives' public safety statements, though no direct causal link was established. SoftBank has made significant investments in AI-related companies and infrastructure.

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