# AI Bubble: Tech giants are hiding $1.65trn in AI debt | Ed Zitron

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Podcast: [The Tech Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tech-report-7700174)
Published: 2026-07-24T18:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/the-tech-report/episodes/ai-bubble-tech-giants-are-hiding-165trn-in-ai-debt-ed-zitron
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“People are dreaming so they don’t have to face the nightmare of reality.” Author of Where’s Your Ed At and host of the Better Offline podcast Ed Zitron joins The Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to talk about the $1.65trn of AI debt being kept off the books of the hyperscalers and how the same big tech companies have already protected themselves from the worst of the AI bubble popping. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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