Is there an AI bubble? Financial institutions sound a warning.
By KELVIN CHAN and MATT O’BRIEN
Updated 3:46 PM EDT, October 8, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Lingering doubts about the economic promise of artificial intelligence technology are starting to get the attention of financial institutions that raised warning flags this week about an AI investment bubble.
Officials at the Bank of England on Wednesday flagged the growing risk that tech stock prices pumped up by the AI boom could burst.
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