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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Phillip Inman

Is the AI bubble about to burst – and send the stock market into freefall?

The Nvidia logo on a phone. Behind it is a screen of stock market numbers
The AI chip maker Nvidia fell by more than 3% this week, while other AI-linked stocks such as Arm, Oracle and AMD also lost ground. Photograph: Taidgh Barron/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

There are growing fears of an imminent stock market crash – one that will transform from a dip to a dive when euphoric headlines about the wonders of artificial intelligence begin to wane.

Shares in US tech stocks have fallen in recent weeks and the prospect is that a flood of negative numbers will become the norm before the month is out.

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