"Given the quite alarming figures and circumstances in the AI industry, I have decided to write a short essay on the topic. In my essay, I outline several arguments suggesting that the current AI bubble is poised to burst. Global geopolitical and macroeconomic turmoil acted as catalysts for the bubble, not least because they also distracted attention from what is currently happening in the AI sector. The Deepseek “stress test” in early 2025 showed just how unstable the market