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AI Boom Is Driving GDP Growth in the US

The rush to invest in AI and the stock-market surge it created are boosting US economic growth.
A data center under construction in Abilene, Texas.Kyle Grillot
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I’m Ben Holland , an economics editor in Washington. Today we’re looking at the US AI boom and its impact on GDP. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net . And if you aren’t yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here .

If Washington wasn’t shut down, US data agencies would’ve published numbers this week for economic growth in the third quarter. Even in their absence, it’s a safe bet that artificial intelligence remained a key driver.