Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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Upside down - the markets turn me - inside out - round and round! AI and chipmakers have put the markets (esp the Asian markets) on a rollercoaster over the past month, as Chinese advances send shocks through western investors and a chip shortage makes everyone sweat. What’s going on with AI and the markets? Are we seeing the beginning of the end - or just the end of a beginning?
Guest - Ed Elson
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Podcast production by Rob Gunther, Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort. Video production by Paige Osburn.
Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD.
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Upside down - the markets turn me - inside out - round and round! AI and chipmakers have put the markets (esp the Asian markets) on a rollercoaster over the past month, as Chinese advances send shocks through western investors and a chip shortage makes everyone sweat. What’s going on with AI and the markets? Are we seeing the beginning of the end - or just the end of a beginning?
Guest - Ed Elson
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Podcast production by Rob Gunther, Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort. Video production by Paige Osburn.
Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD.
