OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Warns of AI Market "Bubble"
Altman's Aug. 17, 2025, comments compared investor overexcitement to the dot-com era, even as markets hit new highs.
A Dot-Com Era Comparison
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Aug. 17, 2025, stated his opinion that the artificial intelligence market is in a speculative "bubble." In an interview with reporters, Altman compared the current environment to the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, when investor enthusiasm for a new technology led to inflated valuations before a market crash.
"When bubbles happen, smart people get overexcited about a kernel of truth," Altman said, according to reports. "The internet was a really big deal. People got overexcited." His warning suggests that while the underlying AI technology is transformative, current market expectations …
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