Are AI Investors Merely ‘Gamblers’?
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Are AI Investors Merely ‘Gamblers’?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 13, 20261 min
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Plus: Another AI company pulls its IPO plans. And the IMF warns the global economy is testing its limits. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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AWS reInvent is just weeks away, and leaders who have successfully scaled AI governance across their organizations will be there. Get in the room with them. Register now at aws.com forward slash reInvent.

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Here is your Morning Brief for Tuesday, October 13th. I'm Luke Fargus for The Wall Street Journal. South Korean chip stocks sold off earlier today, prompting the country's KOSPI index to temporarily halt trading.

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That's after the CEO of Broadcom suggested that AI investors are merely gamblers, and China's CXMT unveiled a leaner chip that analysts say could make its products more competitive against foreign competition. That tech sell-off is showing signs of moderating in early European trade, however, with US

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