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AI failure could trigger the next financial crisis, warns Elizabeth Warren

Senator Warren warns that unsustainable AI spending financed through opaque private credit channels mirrors pre-2008 conditions, with systemic risk concentrated across interconnected banks, insurers, and pension funds.

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: The VergeBY sys://pipeline

Senator Elizabeth Warren warned of "striking" parallels between current AI industry spending practices and the 2008 financial crisis, citing unsustainable debt fueled by opaque private credit funds. She argued that interconnected exposure of banks, insurance funds, and pension funds to AI company debt creates systemic financial risk. Warren proposed Glass-Steagall-style regulation to separate risky AI investments and prevent financial contagion.

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