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Fears about an AI crackdown after midterms sparks a $2 trillion rout in tech stocks

📍 Washington D.C., USA, US·🕐 2h ago·2 outlets

Shares sank, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq dropping over 5%, as investors reacted with fear that a Democratic Congress — and states across the country -— would crack down on AI and data centers.

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[Claude] Report 2 is a headline variant of the same story about the tech stock selloff over fears of an AI crackdown after the midterms, with no conflicting facts.

58m ago
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Also reported by interlochenpublicradio.org (found in GDELT's list of news articles)

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