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AXIOS (Neil Irwin) - Quantifying the AI boom crowding-out effect

When investment on the scale of the current AI boom occurs, it inevitably has to come at the expense of something. All the resources devoted to building data centers and developing AI models would otherwise go to something else. The big picture: This crowding out is smaller than you might expect, Goldman Sachs economists find in a new note. - But it does exist, they say, and takes the form of displacing other tech investment and construction , as well as raising corporate borrowing costs. By the numbers: AI investment will be about $600 billion this year, some 2% of GDP, accounting for 10% of business fixed investment and 15% of equipment investment, economists Jessica Rindels and David Mericle wrote. State of play: The first…

When investment on the scale of the current AI boom occurs, it inevitably has to come at the expense of something. All the resources devoted to building data centers and developing AI models would otherwise go to something else. The big picture: This crowding out is smaller than you might expect, Goldman Sachs economists find in a new note. - But it does exist, they say, and takes the form of displacing other tech investment and construction , as well as raising corporate borrowing costs. By the numbers: AI investment will be about $600 billion this year, some 2% of GDP, accounting for 10% of business fixed investment and 15% of equipment investment, economists Jessica Rindels and David Mericle wrote. State of play: The first…Open

AXIOS (Herb Scribner) - Trump's ballroom costs are rising. What we know about the secret underground bunker

The development costs of President Trump's White House ballroom keep rising — as does speculation about what the finished project, including its underground complex, will look like. The big picture: Trump 's ballroom project is more than a simple remodel of the East Wing. It's a complete overhaul featuring what appears to be a military-grade underground bunker, meant to protect and secure the president. - The project remains in legal limbo after a federal appeals court ruled in August that Trump's ballroom plans need congressional approval. Trump said he plans to ask the Supreme Court to overturn the decision. By the numbers: The ballroom is expected to cost around $600 million — with about half of that coming from taxpayer…

The development costs of President Trump's White House ballroom keep rising — as does speculation about what the finished project, including its underground complex, will look like. The big picture: Trump 's ballroom project is more than a simple remodel of the East Wing. It's a complete overhaul featuring what appears to be a military-grade underground bunker, meant to protect and secure the president. - The project remains in legal limbo after a federal appeals court ruled in August that Trump's ballroom plans need congressional approval. Trump said he plans to ask the Supreme Court to overturn the decision. By the numbers: The ballroom is expected to cost around $600 million — with about half of that coming from taxpayer…Open

YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Why total eclipses won't last forever, explained by a Harvard astronomer

The Earth should enjoy total solar eclipses while it can. In the distant future, the Moon will move far enough from our planet so that it no longer covers the sun completely during the events, astrophysicist Avi Loeb tells “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.” #Space #Eclipse Anchor Elizabeth Vargas delivers the biggest stories, without bias or opinion. Watch "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" every weeknight at 7p/6C on NewsNation. #VargasReports NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.