Source: SiliconANGLE
IBM's poor earnings show that the AI windfall isn't automatically flowing to legacy infrastructure players—even those retooling around chips and enterprise software. Competition for AI dominance is hardening between specialized chip makers, where China is narrowing gaps, and cloud platforms. Backlash against generative AI's actual economics and utility is making regulatory capture a necessity rather than a convenience for incumbents. The gap between companies riding hype cycles and those building defensible positions in actual AI infrastructure is widening.