Meet Ed Zitron, AI’s original prophet of doom - Fast Company

Zitron has built a small media empire on spleen-venting rants arguing that AI is not only a bubble but a fraud—one that’s headed for a spectacular crash. What if he’s right?

Ed Zitron Just Disproved the Core Claim Behind His AI Bubble Case

OpenAI financial data leaked to the industry’s biggest hater settles an open question — just not in his favor

The AI bubble isn’t new — Karl Marx explained the mechanisms behind it nearly 150 years ago

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s warning of an AI bubble highlights a deeper economic problem: capitalism is producing more capital than it can profitably invest.

AI is probably not a bubble

AI companies have revenue, demand, and paths to immense value

AI is probably not a bubble

AI companies have revenue, demand, and paths to immense value

Andrew Orlowski on Twitter / X

By far the shrewdest and most entertaining analyst of the AI bubble is Georg Zoeller, ex Facebook. Re-reading his DeepSeek reaction piece from 18 months, which holds up well. It was all so predictable: banning open source, the Red Menace, pivot to military. What has really… pic.twitter.com/38dX7vcrkC— Andrew Orlowski (@AndrewOrlowski) July 5, 2026

Report - Brace for Impact: Protecting People and the Economy when the AI Bubble Bursts — Open Markets Institute

Our report in partnership with Americans for Financial Reform outlines vulnerabilities in the financial system and wider economy that could intensify an AI crash into the next financial crisis, and provides steps that policymakers can take to mitigate the damage and protect everyday people from bear

Watching the Generative AI Hype Bubble Deflate – Ash Center

As a part of the Allen Lab’s Political Economy of AI Essay Collection, David Gray Widder and Mar Hicks draw on the history of tech hype cycles to warn against the harmful effects of the current generative AI bubble.

The State Of The $1.7 Trillion AI Bubble: The End Of Thinking

Writing is thinking and thinking is understanding. Like understanding that the AI bubble has been around for a long time and that it's better to call it the data bubble.

After AI

Legacies of the bubble.

March 2026 Global Dialogues Survey | Windfall Trust

Here’s what the world had to say about the AI economy

What Sort of AI Bubble Are We In?

Think broadband. Or, potentially, the 2008 housing market.

Cory Doctorow Predicts the AI Bubble Will Burst | The Tyee

The writer sees a shaky future for a technology that has many of us in a lather.