AI’s increasingly outsize role in propping up U.S. economic fortunes - Chris Merrill
Update: 2025-10-04
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AI Bubble?
In the first half of this year, spending by companies on artificial intelligence rivaled consumers as the primary engine of the nation’s economic expansion.
That startling shift is one of many recent examples of AI’s increasingly outsize role in propping up U.S. economic fortunes — and a sign, some fear, of a soon-to-pop speculative bubble that could cause widespread financial pain.
Billionaires Missing the Point
Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban tells Axios that AI is leveling the playing field for young, low-income entrepreneurs
AI Hollywood
Some of Hollywood's biggest stars and the union that represents them are speaking out against the creation of an AI-generated actress following reports that she will soon by signed by a talent agency.
In the first half of this year, spending by companies on artificial intelligence rivaled consumers as the primary engine of the nation’s economic expansion.
That startling shift is one of many recent examples of AI’s increasingly outsize role in propping up U.S. economic fortunes — and a sign, some fear, of a soon-to-pop speculative bubble that could cause widespread financial pain.
Billionaires Missing the Point
Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban tells Axios that AI is leveling the playing field for young, low-income entrepreneurs
AI Hollywood
Some of Hollywood's biggest stars and the union that represents them are speaking out against the creation of an AI-generated actress following reports that she will soon by signed by a talent agency.
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