AI bubble rattles global markets

人工智能泡沫震撼全球市场

World Business Report

2025-11-19

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We look at the AI boom in detail, in the wake of comments by Sundar Pichai, the Google boss, in a BBC interview. He acknowledges the risks of a potential AI bubble. We hear the thoughts of the Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu as well as from a future of work strategist and a campaigner for tighter AI regulation. Also, what has Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince gained from a visit to the White House? And TotalEnergies faces war crime allegations over a Mozambique massacre. You can contact us on WhatsApp or send us a voicenote: +44 330 678 3033.
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  • Welcome BBC listeners to a brave new world.

  • If this continues, you will have systems that can replace humans at business,

  • science, politics, disinformation, warfare, everything.

  • Yes, if the AI boom is taking our jobs, could the AI bust be worse?

  • If there is a bubble, people could panic.

  • It's not clear which companies are going to be brought down if the bubble bursts.

  • This is World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Ed Butler and today we'll be examining the latest frenetic moves in the AI market.

  • To many, it feels like a revolution, a boom.

  • But where is it taking us really?

  • Also in the show,

  • the Saudi crown prince getting a royal welcome at the White House and why a French oil major is being charged with alleged war crimes in Mozambique.

  • Now you don't need to follow the news headlines to know that artificial intelligence the revolution is firmly underway.

  • Tech giants are investing hundreds of billions of dollars almost every month it seems in research and new data centers.

  • AI stocks have been booming this year but it has led to growing concern both about the potential impact on jobs and society and also on the risk of an economic bubble,

  • potentially one about to burst.

  • Google is one of the tech giants investing heavily in AI.

  • On Tuesday, it launched the latest version of its artificial intelligence model,

  • Gemini, feeding into its search engine and other products.

  • In an exclusive BBC interview,