High hopes and a trillion-dollar deficit: analysts warn of a threat to the profitability of the global AI market (3 photos)
Total global investment in artificial intelligence has reached an astronomical $1.4 trillion, but the industry is facing a serious profitability crisis. According to an analytical report by the isaiprofitable platform, by May 2026, the net cash gap between the enormous capital investments and actual commercial revenue from AI services will approach $1 trillion. The sole beneficiary of the current tech boom remains Nvidia, which earned $478 billion from chip and hardware supplies. For all other players in Silicon Valley and the tech sector, the creation of advanced neural networks remains an extremely expensive investment in the future, with no immediate financial return. However, it should be noted that not all breakthroughs in human history were achieved solely for the sake of money. Space exploration, fundamental science, and the internet itself also initially required enormous expenditures with no guarantee of return, as their primary value was the intellectual upgrade of civilization. 
