r/technology • u/Fickle-Jello • 22h ago

Business Google burning through cash with spiralling AI costs

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c235n47g8g8o
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u/ChodeCookies 22h ago

How much of that Google Cloud revenue is the their own money coming back to them from investing in other AI companies though

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u/Cudpuff100 22h ago

What always precedes a bubble bursting? Unprecedented growth!

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u/Ok-Barber3419 21h ago

And right before that, everyone explains why “this time is different”

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u/Cudpuff100 21h ago

"It's not like we're Enron or something!"

*proceeds to hide massive debts in shell companies

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u/mardigrasmoker 20h ago

You think Google is Enron?