Google boss says AI boom has 'elements of irrationality'

Every company would be affected if the AI bubble were to burst, the head of Google's parent firm Alphabet has told the BBC. Speaking exclusively to BBC News, Sundar Pichai said while the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) investment had been an "extraordinary moment", there was some "irrationality" in the current AI boom. We hear some of the interview and speak to journalists covering AI to get their views.

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(Photo: Sundar Pichai during an interview with BBC News from Google's California headquarters. Sundar, the head of Google's parent firm Alphabet, was speaking with BBC Economics Editor Faisal Islam for pre-recorded interview on November 17th 2025. Credit: BBC)