Cathie Wood Backs AI Slowdown but Calls Extinction Fears ‘Ridiculous:’ What Do Prediction Markets Say?
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ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood called warnings that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity “ridiculous,” while welcoming the industry’s push to slow advances at the AI frontier so safety measures can catch up.
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Investor Cathie Wood has sold a number of cryptocurrency stocks over the past week as their share prices have rallied.
Wood’s firm Ark Invest sold shares of Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: $COIN),
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Read MoreCathie Wood calls AI extinction fears ridiculous, backs safety push
Cathie Wood wants the AI industry to pump the brakes. She just doesn’t think the car is heading off a cliff.
The ARK Invest founder, speaking at a briefing in Sydney on September 15, threw her support behind a pledge to slow the pace of AI capabilities development, while simultaneously calling fears of AI-driven human extinction “ridiculous.”
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Gold’s spot price — or its current trading value — today as of 9:00 a.m. ET is $4,289.13 per ounce, according to CNBC’s Gold/ US Dollar Spot Price. That’s slightly higher than Monday’s price, when it traded at $4,270.52 per ounce at the same time.
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The Surge in Digital Gold
According to the report, digital gold buying held steady from June to August, averaging around Rs 2500 crore per month. While monthly purchases were stable over the period, demand was significantly higher than a year earlier; purchases in August 2026 were up 110 per cent year-on-year compared to August 2025.
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When Warren Buffett bought shares of Taiwan Semiconductor, some speculated it was a play on supply chain integration. TSM is the leading semiconductor manufacturer in the world, and famously supplies chips to Apple, his largest bet.
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Perfect Time To Bet The Farm On Vegas Stock?
Five years ago, the stock we are about to discuss was trading pretty much where it sits today. Between then and now, though, it’s plunged in value by 75% during the COVID era, and rallied 10x from those lows before losing about 75% again to trade close to where it’s at today.
With all that volatility,
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