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Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai warns no firm is immune if an AI bubble bursts

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Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks to media following his meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (not pictured) at Google Campus in Warsaw, Poland, February 13, 2025. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel

Summary

In a BBC interview, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai cautioned that an AI investment bubble would hit every company, including Google, even as the firm continues major AI investments and plans to train models in the UK. He also flagged AI’s large energy demands as a risk to net-zero timelines.

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