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Jefferies strategist Chris Wood expects the AI boom’s long-term outcome in the US to include “massive capital destruction”, with cheaper open-source Chinese models gaining market share, Bloomberg reported on 9 October.
Why it mattersThat is a pointed investment forecast, not evidence that the outcome is already unfolding. It puts a sharper question behind the AI spending race: can expensive US ventures hold their ground if lower-cost alternatives keep improving? A useful warning from the markets, then, though hardly a settled verdict on where AI value will land.
Discuss: Will cheaper open-source Chinese models take meaningful AI market share, or will US firms’ spending and distribution advantages prove harder to overcome?
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