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The AI Trade: Now With Less Circle And More Jerk
The AI Trade: Now With Less Circle And More Jerk
Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance
As if markets didn’t already have enough to worry about heading into the weekend — an escalating conflict involving Iran, growing stress in private credit, and the ongoing annoyance of positive real interest rates — one of the “AI will solve everything, just add capex” deals that everyone in markets have been quietly laughing about while investing in for the past year has officially started to unravel.
According to Bloomberg, Oracle Corporation and OpenAI have scrapped plans to expand...
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Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, left, speaks as Gov. Wes Moore listens during a news conference in Baltimore, MD., on Sept. 24, 2024. Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Photo
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