# Is the AI boom a bubble on the verge of bursting?

https://mins.news/en/video/141079

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-11-12 17:00 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8CG0spX2Nk

> Major inventions have often sparked investment surges, though some end in crashes. Some experts fear AI is following that pattern, with hundreds of billions of dollars invested far beyond the profits it can generate. Investors pulled back last week after Democrats swept the US midterm elections; some candidates had called for tighter data-centre rules. Fears of slower construction erased trillions of dollars from stock markets.

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