Busted AI budgets at Uber, Microsoft and Nvidia spur hiring — because human workers are cheaper
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Reports indicate major tech companies like Uber, Microsoft, and Nvidia are finding human labor cheaper than anticipated AI deployments, leading to busted budgets and a pivot back to hiring. This suggests a potential slowdown in the immediate, aggressive AI-driven cost-cutting narrative, impacting the valuations of companies heavily banking on AI for efficiency gains.
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Wrong ifA strong earnings beat or new, highly efficient AI product announcement from either company, or a shift in the perceived cost-effectiveness of AI could quickly reverse this short.
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