AI Investment Slowdown After US Midterm Elections

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The sharp decline in technology stocks on Thursday, particularly on the Nasdaq exchange, has prompted questions about whether the artificial intelligence investment boom is moderating. This selloff followed Democratic victories in the US midterm elections, which granted the party control of Congress. Several prominent Democrats had campaigned against unrestricted expansion of data centres, the large computing facilities essential to AI development. Investor concern about potential regulatory constraints on the industry appears to have triggered the market downturn, though underlying worries about AI's commercial viability had been accumulating for months.