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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>BillK via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> [ExI] Tech sector pours $1T into AI and sends customers the bill<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h1>Tech sector pours $1T into AI and sends customers the bill<o:p></o:p></h1><p>History's biggest infrastructure build-out is pushing up hardware and software prices, analyst says<o:p></o:p></p><address style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.theregister.com/author/lindsay-clark" target="_blank">Lindsay Clark</a><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></span>Published Mon 27 Jul 2026<o:p></o:p></address><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><</span></span><a href="https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/27/tech-sector-pours-1t-into-ai-and-sends-customers-the-bill/5278845" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/27/tech-sector-pours-1t-into-ai-and-sends-customers-the-bill/5278845</a><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p>…<o:p></o:p></p><p><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>---------------------------</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>>…<span style='color:black'>It's AGI or bust! Full speed ahead! </span></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>BillK</span></span><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>There’s no turning back. The tech biggies realize AGI might kill us all. But it might not, and if it doesn’t, there are buttloads of money to be made. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The way I look at it is AGI might kill us all, but if it doesn’t, time damn well IS going to kill us all.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Onward!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></body></html>