The industries’ biggest bets lost almost across the board.
What the shockingly large Democratic election sweep means for the tech world
AI money flopped, crypto’s “army” lost its marquee rematch, and data centers turned out to be a voting issue. Silicon Valley bought a lot of ads this year. Voters didn’t buy them. And Live Activities continue to impress.
Tech Influence Watch
Tracking cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence industry influence on 2026 elections in the United States.
Is Big Tech's AI Gamble Starting to Look Riskier? - Slashdot
The Washington Post looks at giant tech companies "feeding every available dollar into the cash-incinerating maw of AI machines." They warn "Tech superstars that once had oodles of cash left over at the end of each year are now flipping into the red..." [While optimists expect] huge corporate p...
Election results | Tech Influence Watch
Results from the latest federal elections, and how candidates backed or opposed by crypto- and AI-focused super PACs and donors fared
Meredith Whittaker on Twitter / X
Now that even Goldman, Sequoia, and other major investors are calling it, it's good to remember that the shakiness of the AI market, and the mismatch between capex and ROI, has been clear for a long time to those of us who look closely at the political economy of AI. https://t.co/dLLNAcW5Sn— Meredith Whittaker (@mer__edith) July 30, 2024
Stockmarkets are booming. But the good times are unlikely to last
Although AI is propelling valuations, there are deeper forces at work
The loudest warning about AI and jobs yet
200 economists and AI leaders say something big is happening. What should we do about it? Plus: Apple sues OpenAI
One Generation Runs the Country. The Next Cashed In on Crypto.
Sons of top Trump administration officials made billions for their families, but their investors didn’t always fare so well.
AI Billionaires Are Starting to Get Scared
The world's tech billionaires are starting to moderate their rhetoric on AI automation, but that doesn't mean it's all in good faith.
AI CEOs are fear-profiting
AI CEOs are winning investors but risk losing customers with messaging.
Timing Is Everything in the AI Bubble
This week's tech sell-off is a symptom of a deeper problem: no one knows when - or how - big tech's $1 trillion bet on AI is going to pay off.
AI and crypto groups were among the biggest players in this year’s primaries. Here’s how they did.
Newly created super PACs mostly got their candidates — but also lost some high-profile races.
Ugly Numbers from Microsoft and ChatGPT Reveal that AI Demand is Already Shrinking
The only areas where AI is flourishing are shamming, spamming & scamming
Money Bubble
I think I’m probably going to lose quite a lot of money in the next year or two. It’s partly AI’s fault, but not mostly. Nonetheless I’m mostly going to write about AI, because it intersects the technosphere, where I’ve lived for decades.
March 2026 Global Dialogues Survey | Windfall Trust
Here’s what the world had to say about the AI economy
