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‘It was the internet then, it is AI now’: IMF upgrades U.S. growth outlook but sees ‘echoes’ of late ’90s dot-com boom | Fortune

The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its U.S. economic growth forecast while highlighting concerning parallels between today’s AI investment surge and the late 1990s dot-com boom. Despite tariff uncertainties, massive data center investments and computing power are driving economic resilience.

The International Monetary Fund has delivered a cautiously optimistic update to its global economic outlook, raising U.S. growth projections for 2025 while drawing striking parallels between today’s artificial intelligence investment boom and the dot-com era of the late 1990s. The international lending organization now projects the U.S. economy will expand by 2% next year, slightly higher than previous forecasts, as AI-driven investments help offset the dampening effects of trade tensions and tariffs.

Revised Economic Projections Show Modest Improvement

by Darren Holt
AI AnalyticsCloud Computing

OpenAI and Oracle’s Stargate Abilene: 450,000 GB200 GPUs to Power AI Supercluster

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison announced during his Oracle AI World keynote that the OpenAI partnership will deploy over 450,000 Nvidia GB200 GPUs at the Abilene, Texas data center. The massive deployment will consume 1.2 gigawatts of power, equivalent to powering one million American homes.

In a landmark announcement that signals the accelerating scale of artificial intelligence infrastructure, Oracle CTO and Chairman Larry Ellison revealed during his Oracle AI World keynote that the company’s partnership with OpenAI will deploy more than 450,000 Nvidia GB200 GPUs at the Stargate Abilene data center campus. This represents one of the largest single AI infrastructure deployments ever announced, highlighting the massive computational requirements of next-generation AI models.

Unprecedented Scale of GPU Deployment

by Natalie Brooks
AI AnalyticsBusiness Software

Slack Transforms Slackbot Into AI Assistant With Salesforce Integration

Slack has completely rebuilt Slackbot into a sophisticated AI assistant with deep Salesforce integration. The enhanced platform now serves as a centralized hub for agents, data, and automation across enterprise workflows.

Slack has fundamentally transformed its platform from an enterprise communication tool to a comprehensive AI-powered productivity ecosystem. The company’s complete overhaul of Slackbot into an intelligent assistant represents a strategic shift toward creating what executives describe as a “conversational interface for the entire enterprise.”

From Simple Chatbot to Enterprise AI Assistant

by Darren Holt
AI AnalyticsComputer Hardware

OpenAI Broadcom Partnership: Custom AI Chips for Future Models

OpenAI has officially partnered with semiconductor giant Broadcom to co-develop custom AI chips designed for future AI models. The collaboration aims to reduce dependency on Nvidia while improving performance and efficiency for large language models. First systems are planned for 2026 with wider rollout by 2029.

OpenAI Broadcom Partnership for Custom AI Chips

OpenAI has officially partnered with semiconductor giant Broadcom to co-develop custom AI chips designed to supercharge its next generation of large language models. This strategic move goes far beyond just making results appear faster, as OpenAI aims to gain control over the hardware that powers AI, reduce dependency on Nvidia, and build the foundation for the technology that drives the next generation of AI capabilities.

by Natalie Brooks