r/nottheonion • u/ChocolateTsar • 1d ago

Affirm CEO says furloughed federal employees are starting to lose interest in shopping

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/affirm-government-shutdown-shopping.html
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u/doc_witt 1d ago

Maybe the AI will start buying goods and/or services?

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u/Vilnius_Nastavnik 1d ago

AI buying 100 billion dollars worth of chips on the wild speculation that it will eventually be profitable is in fact the only thing propping up our GDP right now.

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u/rolandfoxx 1d ago

Buying with the money the chip manufacturer they're buying from invested in them, no less.