AI Revs the Economic Engine

Good morning. AI keeps powering U.S. economic growth, notwithstanding rising borrowing costs, volatile energy prices, safety concerns and geopolitical and trade conflict.

“The usual economic brakes aren’t slowing growth, hiring or an AI investment boom that looks to be unstoppable,” The Wall Street Journal reports. “To some, AI’s potential returns seem so bright that even steep interest rates won’t slow down tech companies’ investments.”

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