AI must boost productivity 2.7x to justify $1.1 trillion compute buildout, study finds

A study by Wharton professors covered by MIT Technology Review estimates AI must deliver 2.7x productivity gains by 2030 to justify the roughly $1.1 trillion in compute infrastructure being built by hyperscalers like Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon.

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