Tech stocks plunge as US midterm results fuel fears of tighter AI rules
Asian tech stocks fell sharply on Friday, with Seoul and Tokyo leading losses after a Wall Street sell-off driven by fears of tighter AI regulation following Democrats’ US midterm election victory. Many winning candidates pledged to curb data centre development amid opposition to the projects from a
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France 24
Asian tech stocks fell sharply on Friday, with Seoul and Tokyo leading losses after a Wall Street sell-off driven by fears of tighter AI regulation following Democrats’ US midterm election victory. Many winning candidates pledged to curb data centre development amid opposition to
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BBC News
Investors have reacted to possible tougher scrutiny of data centre construction and the AI industry.