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It was Friday afternoon, and I'd just hit send on my weekly report to Amazon's Retail vice presidents, detailing what the Global Merchandising team I'd created had accomplished that week.

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• The phrase "AI bubble" has recently been in the zeitgeist.
• Mentions in earnings calls and investor conference transcripts increased 740% from last quarter.
• Only demonstrable profits will quiet the talk, analyst Gil Luria told BI.

There's a bubble in talk of an "AI bubble."

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