Artificial intelligence, which has created a booming market and driven substantial growth in AI-related stocks, exemplified by huge pledges from companies like OpenAI, Softbank, Oracle, and Nvidia to fund AI infrastructure and advanced chip development. These massive investments have added trillions in market value and propelled the S&P 500's gains since late 2022. Despite this financial surge and hype, the source highlights a growing paradox: corporate adoption and usage of AI are declining as spending tightens and machine learning hype fails to translate into expected profits.