{"id":23732,"date":"2026-06-30T13:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/rocky-week-for-ai-as-shares-slump-but-no-sign-of-crash-yet\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:37:17","slug":"rocky-week-for-ai-as-shares-slump-but-no-sign-of-crash-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/rocky-week-for-ai-as-shares-slump-but-no-sign-of-crash-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocky week for AI as shares slump but no sign of crash \u2013\u00a0yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The markets are souring on artificial intelligence, but is this the bubble being burst? Meanwhile, California proposes a tax on billionaires<\/p>\n<p>Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I\u2019m Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian, writing to you after fending off sunburns at the beach. 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Meanwhile, California proposes a tax on billionaires Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I\u2019m Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian, writing to you after fending off sunburns at the beach. 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