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Moonshot AI surprise breakthrough fuels global tech rout
A surprise breakthrough from Chinese AI startup Moonshot sent AI and semiconductor stocks sharply lower Friday, with investors drawing parallels to last year's 'DeepSeek moment' and questioning whether the industry's massive AI spending is getting harder to justify.
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China’s Powerful New AI Surprises Investors, Fueling Tech Routbloomberg.com
Moonshot’s Kimi K3 sends AI and semiconductor stocks into a tailspin Moonshot’s Kimi K3 sends AI and semiconductor stocks into a tailspin. China's largest open-weight AI model revives DeepSeek-era fears about the economics of US infrastructure spending.cryptobriefing.com
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