{"id":38237,"date":"2026-09-16T09:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T06:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=38237"},"modified":"2026-09-16T09:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T06:54:23","slug":"slowdown-climbdown-or-meltdown-asia-sits-on-ais-fault-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=38237","title":{"rendered":"Slowdown, climbdown or meltdown, Asia sits on AI\u2019s fault line"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AI-Asia-Robots.jpg?fit=1024%2C686&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>TOKYO \u2013 After two years of near-vertical capital spending, euphoric earnings calls, and GPU shortages that became their own economic indicator, the mood toward AI has dramatically shifted. 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