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[dih-fawlt, dee-fawlt] / dɪˈfɔlt, ˈdiˌfɔlt /




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Friday’s problems extended beyond tech, thanks to new worries about private credit and the possibility of loan defaults.

From Barron's

Artificial intelligence will apparently render much of white-collar work obsolete, leading to mass layoffs, falling spending, widespread defaults, a stock crash, a mortgage crisis, and plunging house values.

From Barron's

That said, the BDC has a 30% exposure to software, but O’Neill says everyone has to make a prognostication about the risk of default and the recovery rate in that event.

From Barron's

“If DoD makes this the default clause across all AI vendors, it eliminates vendor-by-vendor negotiation over acceptable use and signals that firms unwilling to accept that baseline will be replaced,” Tillipman said.

From MarketWatch

The company later defaulted on that contract, records show.

From Los Angeles Times