AI-themed meme coins and related stocks have seen a sharp pullback, with ANTHROPIG, Artificial Inu, MOO and FLYBRAIN declining steeply.

According to GMGN data, crypto meme coins tied to AI stocks have seen sharp pullbacks, with details as follows: Artificial Inu (AI) currently has a market cap of $247 million, down 27% in 24 hours, paired with Nvidia stock; MOO is down 37% over 24 hours, with a market cap of $18 million, paired with Micron stock; Microduck is down 26% in 24 hours, market cap at $7.3 million, paired with Nvidia stock; FLYBRAIN is down 23% in 24 hours, market cap at $9.6 million, paired with Google stock; UBIK, an alleged AI project developed by the team behind aixbt, has a market cap of $28 million, down 25% in 24 hours; ANTHROPIG is down 44% in 24 hours, market cap at $5.4 million, traded in pair with ANTHROPICx1L (a tokenized 1x long position for Anthropic); CATGPT is down 22% in 24 hours, market cap at $6.7 million, traded in pair with OPENAIx1L (a tokenized 1x long position for OpenAI). Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a lengthy essay stating the AI industry must slow the pace of advancing model capabilities. Slowing this pace does not mean halting model training or technological progress, but rather ensuring companies have adequate time for alignment and model protection. OpenAI founder Sam Altman echoed this stance. The remarks from the two major AI players have cooled the market, near-term weighing on sentiment in the AI sector.