How AI Can Magnify Your Tech Debt - and 4 Ways to Avoid that Trap

How AI can magnify your tech debt - and 4 ways to avoid that trap

A new study finds 43% of IT managers fear AI will create new technical debt - even as 84% expect cost cuts from AI adoption. Here's how to avoid the tech debt trap.

More Big Tech company debt 'would increase the macro risks associated with the AI build-out,’ Goldman Sachs warns

The increase in debt-funded capital expenditure (capex) by the big “hyperscaler” tech companies is adding to the level of risk in the AI economy, according to Goldman Sachs. Those companies—Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle specifically—have taken on $121 billion in debt, year-to-date, up from $28 billion on average over the previous five years. “While the degree of public company leverage remains small, a continued shift toward debt f…