Steve Eisman, known for “The Big Short,” believes the AI trade is nearing a “tipping point,” but he is not ready to bet outright against it. He says he has become much more conservative, shorting against the box many of his positions to cut risk, while remaining not net short. His main concern is that frontier algorithm models are exploiting fear around their technology to build a regulatory moat and obscure faltering fundamentals. He expects Anthropic's revenue to decelerate significantly from the prior quarter, citing a revenue-to-equipment-expense ratio of 2.08 in the second quarter and 1.7 in the third. He also said Google's numbers scared people, as its core advertising business pulled back while AI queries supplant internet search.
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