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'There's an AI bubble' - but what happens when it bursts?

'There's an AI bubble' - but what happens when it bursts?

AI is booming but there's a bust on the way that will affect us all

The Story · The Times

August 21, 202524m 59s

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Show Notes

Nvidia's the first company to be worth more than $4trilllion, developers are being offered salaries in the billions, and companies that don’t even have a product are securing investments beyond their wildest dreams. Yet there were reports this week that Meta could downsize its AI division. Our resident silicon valley watcher says there's an AI bubble, and looks back to the dot com boom and bust, for answers on what happens when it bursts.

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Guest: Danny Fortson, US West Coast correspondent, The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Producer: Olivia Case.

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