Bank of America chief executive Brian Moynihan is offering a different lens on the AI boom, saying the battle for dominance in the Big Tech space will ultimately benefit one winner. In a fresh interview on the Master Investor Podcast, Moynihan says hyperscalers are spending unimaginable sums because they see the AI race as a winner-take-most competition. “That war is being fought by a group of companies that have a lot of money, who are in more of a binary fight about who’s going to control your basic interface to the world.” According to Monynihan, the battle will eventually result…
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Atreides Management chief investment officer Gavin Baker unveils one scenario that he believes could truly derail the economics of the AI boom. In a new conversation with Patrick O’Shaughnessy, the veteran tech investor says the most dangerous outcome for AI has nothing to do with bubbles or valuations. He points to a potential shift in how and where powerful models may run, a change that could upend the cloud-based economics supporting today’s AI boom. “There’s one really obvious bear case. And it is just Edge AI. And it’s connected to the economic returns to ASI. In three years, on a bigger…
Howard Marks says the AI boom is drifting into bubble territory, but he notes the greater danger may be staying all-out as the market rewrites financial norms at unprecedented speed. In a new memo issued to Oaktree Capital Management clients, the billionaire highlights warnings from investor Paul Kedrosky about credit dynamics inside the AI infrastructure buildout. According to Kedrosky, the AI boom has entered speculative finance territory with leverage, vendor financing, and CapEx growth that exceeds revenue momentum across hyperscalers chasing dominance. “For AI infrastructure, the warning signs are flashing: vendor financing proliferates, coverage ratios thin, and hyperscalers leverage balance…
U.S. prosecutors are pulling back the curtain on an alleged smuggling ring that quietly funneled cutting-edge Nvidia AI chips out of America and into the hands of rival nations. Prosecutors accuse Alan Hao Hsu and two China-linked associates of running a covert pipeline that moved restricted Nvidia H100 and H200 chips out of the United States, according to the DOJ. According to charging documents, Hsu, along with Benlin Yuan and Fanyue “Tom” Gong, allegedly used straw buyers, falsified paperwork and mislabeled hardware to disguise the true nature and destination of the shipments. Investigators say the group routed the GPUs through…
Ed Yardeni says the center of gravity in the stock market is shifting, and the Magnificent 7 no longer holds the uncontested lead investors assume. Speaking in a Bloomberg interview, Yardeni explains that the competitive landscape has intensified faster than most analysts projected. He points to Google’s latest model release as the first shock to the system, noting that Gemini 3 altered how investors view OpenAI’s position and the companies tied to its ecosystem. “They are competing more aggressively against each other, and they have got more competition coming out of nowhere and somewhere on a regular basis here. We…
A San Jose widow is now at risk of losing her home after fraudsters drained hundreds of thousands of dollars from her by igniting a fake romantic relationship. Margaret Loke says she was pulled into a relationship after meeting someone on Facebook, named Ed, who claimed to be a businessman from Texas and also of Chinese descent, reports ABC7 News. Loke says a friend egged her to message Ed to start a conversation. “She says, ‘Oh this is a nice guy… You just say hi to him, that’s it…’ I say, ‘We are from San Jose,’ and then he said,…
Donald Trump is calling for a unified national framework for artificial intelligence, saying the United States risks losing its lead if companies are forced to navigate a patchwork of state-level requirements. In a fresh post on Truth Social, the US president warns that fragmented oversight would impose impossible hurdles on AI developers, while highlighting that a decentralized approval system would cripple innovation. “There must be only One Rulebook if we are going to continue to lead in AI. We are beating ALL COUNTRIES at this point in the race, but that won’t last long if we are going to have…
Morgan Stanley continues to believe that mega-cap tech stocks will march higher next year, even though hyperscalers are poised to gobble up over $1 trillion in debt. In a new episode of the Thoughts on the Market podcast, Serena Tang, chief global cross-asset strategist at Morgan Stanley, says those comparing the AI boom to the 1990s bubble are well off track, noting that today’s companies are stronger with higher margins and better cash generation. “There are some very important differences from that time period from valuations back then. First of all, I think companies in major equity indices are of…
Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio believes that the long-term impact of AI on the economy is real despite flashing bubble signals. In a CNBC interview in Abu Dhabi, the billionaire highlights that every tech cycle usually edges into bubble territory as investors pile in to ride the wave. According to Dalio, investors shouldn’t dump their positions just because an asset class is in a classic bubble, as markets could still climb higher before the eventual collapse. “Well, I think there’s the investor perspective, and then there’s the user perspective, right? I think it’s important to distinguish the fact that this technology…
President Donald Trump says the United States will permit Nvidia to sell its H200 artificial intelligence chips to China under a new arrangement that sends a quarter of the revenue back to the US government. In a new post on the social media platform Truth Social, Trump says he relayed the broad terms of the agreement directly to Chinese President Xi Jinping, which includes a mandatory payment to the United States. “I have informed President Xi of China that the United States will allow NVIDIA to ship its H200 products to approved customers in China and other countries, under conditions…
