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Big Tech CEOs fear AI bubble could pop soon: US govt is protecting them

29 minutes Posted Oct 5, 2026 at 2:25 pm.

Does AI pose existential risk?

Trump meeting with Big Tech CEOs

AI is in biggest bubble in history

IPOs of Anthropic and OpenAI

China is now leading in AI

Silicon Valley wants to ban Chinese AI

Trump warns of AI race with China

Data centers push up electricity price

Anthropic is losing tons of money

OpenAI has huge losses

Only 2% of US households pay for AI

AI industry delusion: 9% of GDP

AI bubble is largest ever

US economy in recession, excluding AI

Circular financing of AI companies

Hyperscaler capex exceeds $1 trillion

Debt of AI companies is growing

US bond yields rise rapidly

AI companies taking on more debt

Michael Burry warns bubble may pop

US stock market concentration

Buffett Indicator: 235% of GDP

Anthropic's cynical marketing

Largest IPOs in history

SpaceX stock crashed after IPO

US government denies bubble

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Why are executives of AI companies, like Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, suddenly warning that artificial intelligence poses an "existential risk" to humanity? And why did Donald Trump invite Big Tech billionaire oligarchs to the White House for a "morally binding" agreement to "self-regulate"?

There are more and more signs that the AI bubble is getting dangerously large, and could pop soon. Corporate insiders want to cash out before it's too late -- and the US government is helping them. Ben Norton explains.

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