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The AI boom feels eerily similar to 2000’s dotcom crash – with some important differences

  • Written by Rod McNaughton, Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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If last week’s trillion-dollar slide of major tech stocks felt familiar, it’s because we’ve been here before – when hype about innovation last ran headlong into economic reality.

As markets slump on the back of investor unease over soaring valuations of artificial intelligence (AI) companies, commentators are...

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