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Fortune 47
The U.S. economy grew at a sluggish 1.5% pace from April through June, with GDP growth slowing from 2.1% earlier in the year. Consumer spending rose at a 3.4% annual clip, while imports grew 12.5% and cut 1.64 percentage points from second-quarter GDP growth. The report points to continued resilience via 8.5% business investment growth and 4.2% underlying growth, with AI-related chip shipments boosting imports.
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20 October 2026
The biggest AI thread today is Meta’s move from “spend on models” to “own the machine,” with Mark Zuckerberg and Alexandr Wang describing a full-stack strategy and a $100 billion-plus bet that could rise to $200 billion. Meta isn’t waiting for proof before building; it’s scaling its own infrastructure while also plotting monetization beyond ads—commercializing AI compute and deploying agent-style tools like Muse to turn internal capacity into an external revenue stream. It’s a familiar platform play, but with unusually large numbers attached.
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