Treasury Department draft report warns AI market resembles dotcom bubble, contradicting Trump administration's public bullishness
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Eric Katz
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A draft Treasury Department report, obtained by NOTUS, warns that the AI market exhibits dangerous similarities to the dotcom bubble of the early 2000s. Career Treasury analysts have found that AI firms are overvalued and the market shows speculative excess. This internal analysis sharply contrasts with the Trump administration's public stance, which has been aggressively promoting AI investment for exponential growth. The report represents a significant internal policy tension within the administration.
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Career Treasury analysts found that AI firms
Publicly, the Trump administration is bullish about AI. Privately, some of its analysts are weighing AI against the dotcom bust.
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