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Big Tech says its AI spending spree will pay off. Wall Street is worried

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Some analysts are dubbing this the “show me the money” quarter as Wall Street’s patience with massive AI spending begins to wear thin.

Microsoft stock plunged 6% and Facebook parent Meta tumbled 4% after the companies reported earnings late Wednesday .

After-hours trading Thursday following their own earnings releases, Amazon dropped more than 3% and Apple fell 2% .

Wall Street’s message to Silicon Valley is getting clearer by the day .

The AI revolution is proving to be an increasingly expensive proposition with an uncertain timeline for returns.

Even for tech's strongest players, the AI revolution proves to be a costly proposition.

Bank of America : “We expect AI to transition from a tell me’ to a show me”.

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