The 'AI is inevitable' trap

A shoe company called Allbirds announced it was pivoting to become an AI company and watched its stock price jump sevenfold almost overnight. The Vergecast episode covering this story asks a harder question: are we at peak AI hype, and what happens when the market finally starts demanding real results?

This story matters because it signals a shift in how AI agents are being adopted across the industry. We are tracking this development closely and will report on follow-up impacts as they emerge.

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