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AI credit jitters drive US tech default insurance to record highs

Investors are buying record protection against tech companies failing to repay debt, while US inflation came in above forecasts this month; only one of those groups can get insurance.

On air: Vera Bullock and Chip Darnell on The Midday Show
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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorReuters reports that insurance against big tech companies defaulting on their debt has hit record highs, because investors are jittery about all the borrowing for artificial intelligence.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the richest companies on earth are buying protection, like a man who gets a warranty on a sandwich.

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  1. The U.S. AI race leans on China for gear and models · The Washington Post
  2. Gates warns of AI cyberattacks; Guilfoyle weighed; FAA Saudi alert · Newsmax
  3. As US medical debt grows, AI will be used more to collect it · The Guardian
  4. Wired: AI Chiefs' Plea Meets a Spy Chief's Bioweapon Warning · Wired
  5. Iran reportedly shifting tactics to hit shipping harder before US vote · Reuters
  6. Rogue A.I. agents from China chatted with U.S. researchers · The New York Times
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