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What Makes the AI Music Stop: a $1.5 Trillion Mountain of Hidden Leverage

Stjepan Kalinic

Big tech's AI boom is shifting to off-balance-sheet debt, lease deals, and high leverage. Explore the hidden financial risks of AI.

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