AI boom masks hidden debts
The study indicates that major technology companies, despite making substantial profits from artificial intelligence, have incurred unseen debts that increased by 86% over the past year. Off-balance sheet obligations rose from $573 billion to approximately $2.6 trillion, leading to a significant downgrading of their credit ratings. This is attributed to the growing reliance on debt financing to fund data centers and AI infrastructure, with the credit market reacting to these conditions by doubling the risk premiums on bonds issued by large tech firms. On the other hand, AI demonstrates considerable potential to improve productivity by 10 to 65% in areas such as programming and consulting, which could boost annual economic growth by half a percentage point—particularly in advanced economies that are better equipped to adopt this technology effectively.
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