The AI Bubble Isn’t Popping Anytime Soon

In the Media — July 1, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Jim Bianco describes the current U.S. landscape as a K-shaped economy, where lower-income consumers struggle while the top end thrives on asset price gains and drives overall growth.

Jim views artificial intelligence as a generational technology that will eventually form a bubble, though its massive infrastructure build-out is currently causing inflation rather than delivering immediate productivity gains. Finally, Bianco cautions that traditional Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies are likely value traps, as advanced AI chatbots will eventually eliminate the need for many standalone software products.