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The growing jitters over hyperscaler debt

A line chart that tracks Oracleâs five-year credit default swaps, in basis points, from Jan. 21 to July 22, 2026. The spread fell to a low of 128.83 on Feb. 2, then climbed to 203.07 on July 21 and 22, the period high.

Oracle five-year credit default swaps 

Data: FactSet; Chart: Matt Phillips/Axios

Macro

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Exclusive: Workers are crossing job boundaries with AI, OpenAI research shows

Exclusive: OpenAI says workers cross job boundaries with AI

A bar chart that shows the share of ChatGPT requests used for other professionsâ work across eight jobs. Customer experience is highest at 77%, followed by design at 75% and human resources at 69%. Engineering is lowest at 28%. Legal is 56%, marketing 53%, and sales and finance 40%.

Share of ChatGPT use for other professions' work

Data: OpenAI; Note: Excludes generic work requests, like drafting emails or scheduling meetings; Chart: Courtenay Brown/Axios

Climate Deals

Cracks appear in the vision of off-grid AI data centers

Big Tech lines up in support of open-weight AI

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What Sam Altman will tell the White House this week

Trump escalates EU tech fight with new tariff threat

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Meta inches toward its agentic future

Nvidia's Huang says no chip bust "for a while"

A line chart that tracks monthly U.S. semiconductor and electronic component factory capacity utilization from December 1972 to June 2026. The series ranges from 58.79% to 93.18%. Shown points include 88.63% in December 1972, 70.36% in April 1986, 86.76% in August 1999 and 72.16% in June 2026.

Factory utilization by the U.S. semiconductor and electrical component industry 

Data: FactSet, Federal Reserve; Chart: Matt Phillips/Axios

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EU hits Google with $1 billion antitrust fine

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