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Investors are also assessing the outlook for technology shares after global equities retreated Monday following calls from leading AI developers for a slower pace of advances in the field. MSCI's Asia Pacific equities gauge slipped 0.1% on Tuesday after the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index tumbled 5.9% — its biggest drop in more than two months. We speak to Sunny Bangia, he covers Asia Equities for Bloomberg News.

And for more on the debate on AI safety and regulation, Bloomberg's Haidi Stroud-Watts spoke to University of New South Wales Scientia Professor of AI Toby Walsh.