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Morning Brew: Is AI giving companies a tech debt problem?
Morning Brew: AI hype is pushing companies to take on lots of tech and financial debt as they rush to build and scale AI tools. Mid-sized firms often accumulate technical debt through fast, inefficient implementations, while experts warn that heavy borrowing and subsidies could lead to cost increases if demand lags. Some see the debt as manageable for big tech, but smaller players may struggle.
Bloomberg Businessweek: Fed Meeting Preview - Bloomberg
The podcast previews an upcoming Federal Reserve meeting where Chair Jerome Powell must reassure markets about economic stability while signaling how policymakers view inflation and growth. Hosts discuss investor expectations for rate policy, potential market impacts, and key macroeconomic drivers shaping the Fed’s decisions that week.
WGN Noon Business Lunch: Job layoffs, AI advances
The WGN Noon Business Lunch discusses recent job layoffs and how AI continues to advance, reshaping the workforce, followed by an AARP Illinois segment highlighting data on unpaid family caregivers and the organization’s efforts to boost financial relief and support for caregivers this National Family Caregivers Month.
The Information: AI Coding Startups Like Cursor Have Gotten Too Rich
AI coding startups such as Cursor have seen huge valuations and investor enthusiasm, but face serious risks. They rely on models from bigger AI firms that also compete with them, struggle to differentiate products, and may find profitability elusive amid high costs and churn. Their success reflects AI’s boom but may not translate into long-term financial strength.
FT: How chatbots are changing the internet
FT: AI chatbots like ChatGPT are transforming the internet by providing direct answers and conversational interactions, reducing traditional web traffic, and reshaping how people search for and consume information. This shift affects publishers’ ad revenue, alters online discovery, and forces new thinking about content monetization and web economics.
Quartz: IPOs get stuck in government shutdown limbo
The U.S. government shutdown has stalled the IPO market by leaving the Securities and Exchange Commission operating with minimal staff, freezing review and approval of new public offerings, and forcing high-profile deals to pause. This backlog risks squeezing listings into a crowded future schedule and could delay companies’ access to capital if the shutdown persists.