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AIOU: what if the AI boom busts?

AIOU: what if the AI boom busts?

Update: 2024-08-135
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Corporate investment in artificial-intelligence infrastructure reaches $1.4trn by some estimates. We ask what might threaten the expected windfalls that justify the spending. A Japanese mine’s bid to be listed by UNESCO was made harder because it ignores South Korean wartime forced labour (10:49 ). And why a nicotine pouch has so many fans on America’s right (18:03 ).


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AIOU: what if the AI boom busts?

AIOU: what if the AI boom busts?