Nassim Taleb warns of software sector bankruptcies as AI rally enters fragile phase

"Black Swan" author Nassim Taleb warned investors to brace for escalating volatility and potential bankruptcies in the software sector. He said markets are underpricing structural risks while overestimating the durability of recent AI leaders. Taleb's comments arrived on a day when software stocks were already reeling from the Citrini Research report and Anthropic's COBOL announcement. His warnings add intellectual weight to a growing chorus of voices questioning whether the AI boom's beneficiaries are as durable as markets assume.

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