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Taking Stock: Is AI burning cash?

Will Bain is joined by Nga Pham in Hanoi and Takara Small in Toronto to discuss what tech earnings reveal about AI investment and Donald Trump's tariff talks.

Will Bain is joined by Nga Pham in Hanoi and Takara Small in Toronto. Following the latest results from Alphabet and Tesla, both companies are under pressure to sustain spending as competition in artificial intelligence intensifies. Is Wall Street beginning to question the cost of the AI race? Plus, the mounting economic impact of Canada's wildfires, why ketchup-flavoured crisps have become such a uniquely Canadian phenomenon, and what Donald Trump's renewed tariff negotiations could mean for global trade.

Presenter: Will Bain
Producer: David Cann

You can email the team: businessdaily@bbc.co.uk

(The Google logo on the Google house at the CES consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 10, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Steve Marcus)

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