Ed Zitron argues that the AI industry is built on a demand bubble, where Microsoft, Google, and Amazon derive over 70% of their AI revenues from OpenAI and Anthropic—two unprofitable startups dependent on continuous venture capital—making the entire ecosystem a self-referential financial
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