'There's an AI bubble' - but what happens when it bursts?
The Story21 Aug 2025

'There's an AI bubble' - but what happens when it bursts?

Nvidia's the first company to be worth more than $4trilllion, developers are being offered salaries in the billions, and companies that don’t even have a product are securing investments beyond their wildest dreams. Yet there were reports this week that Meta could downsize its AI division. Our resident silicon valley watcher says there's an AI bubble, and looks back to the dot com boom and bust, for answers on what happens when it bursts.

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Guest: Danny Fortson, US West Coast correspondent, The Sunday Times.

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