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Version 4 2026-05-26 19:21 UTC · 91 items

The most substantive new development is that Meta's projected 2026 AI capex (~$125B) has reportedly crossed above its total employee compensation bill[^20965], providing the clearest quantitative marker yet of capital-l…
Version 3 2026-05-26 02:30 UTC · 70 items

Steve Keen's '5:1 spending ratio is unsustainable' argument went viral on May 22, introducing the most specific quantitative critique of the AI buildout to date and establishing a new named skeptical voice alongside the…
Version 2 2026-05-25 10:21 UTC · 58 items

The xAI financial story gained significant new detail: a SpaceX IPO filing disclosed xAI burned $6.4B in 2025 in total[^11355], complementing the previously noted Q1 2026 quarterly loss of $1.46B[^19815][^19816] and est…
Version 1 2026-05-25 06:01 UTC · 48 items

The four largest hyperscalers — Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft — are collectively on track to spend $700–800 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026[^18013][^18003][^17210], while Gartner projects total global AI spen…