{"id":614284,"date":"2026-09-28T12:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/614284\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:26:10","slug":"mag-7-voices-jensen-huang-elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-shape-a-week-of-ai-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/614284\/","title":{"rendered":"MAG 7 Voices: Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg Shape A Week Of AI Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Meta unveiled several new AI and mixed-reality products at Meta Connect while facing renewed scrutiny over its massive capital-spending plans.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Apple, Alphabet and Microsoft had relatively quiet weeks operationally but were represented at the Trump-Xi state dinner in Washington.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Michael Burry expanded his short positions in Micron, Nebius and Palantir, adding to his bearish exposure to Nvidia and Tesla.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The Magnificent 7 (MAG 7) found itself at the intersection of geopolitics and the AI boom last week. Nvidia (NVDA), Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) were represented at the Trump-Xi state dinner, while Jensen Huang defended AI spending, Meta (META) expanded its hardware ambitions and Michael Burry added to his bearish bets on AI-linked stocks.  <\/p>\n<p>        Nvidia: Huang Defends AI Spending As Burry Adds To Short Bets          <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered one of the week&#8217;s strongest comments on AI safety, telling The New York Times on Wednesday that AI labs unable to contain their own unsafe experiments &#8220;should be shut down.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stocktwits.com\/newsletters\" data-ylk=\"slk:See%20what%2010M%2B%20investors%20are%20talking%20about.%20Get%20the%20Stocktwits%20Daily%20Rip%20for%20what%20retail%20is%20watching%20right%20now%2C%20free%20to%20your%20inbox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;See what 10M+ investors are talking about. Get the Stocktwits Daily Rip for what retail is watching right now, free to your inbox&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">See what 10M+ investors are talking about. Get the Stocktwits Daily Rip for what retail is watching right now, free to your inbox<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The comments marked a harder line than Huang&#8217;s usual optimism about AI, although he continued to reject calls for an industry-wide slowdown. Huang stated that slowing development across the sector would punish responsible developers alongside companies taking greater risks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">He also pushed back on AI-doomsday forecasts, describing extinction-risk estimates from researchers including Geoffrey Hinton as &#8220;not grounded in science.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Huang was among the technology executives invited to Thursday&#8217;s Trump-Xi state dinner, putting Nvidia at the center of a week that increasingly linked the AI industry with U.S.-China relations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around NVDA stock remained in &#8216;bearish&#8217; territory over the past week, alongside chatter at &#8216;low&#8217; levels.  <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/5d4bbdc82cf91e0716ff16484fdf5fc41f3b082ab76a12ed3ff80339bbedf4e8\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefit_w960%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fstocktwits_383%2F07ed59dff0b9b9d1c49aeb70d641181e.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Screenshot_20260925-155502~2.jpg\" height=\"1561\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-1f8hkhu loader\"\/><\/a> NVDA stock retail sentiment on September 28 | Source: Stocktwits           <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Michael Burry didn&#8217;t let up on his bearish thesis either. On Tuesday, he disclosed expanded short positions in Micron (MU), Nebius (NBIS), and Palantir (PLTR)\u2014 extending a bearish thesis that already includes Nvidia and Tesla (TSLA). Burry&#8217;s latest disclosures came after Acer flagged rising memory supply, and he reiterated his warning about a possible &#8220;1987-type fall&#8221; in AI-related stocks.  <\/p>\n<p>            Tesla: Musk Connects Grok, Tesla And China           <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Tesla CEO Elon Musk also had AI and China in focus last week. On Tuesday, Musk said Grok is now integrated into Tesla vehicles and can manage inboxes, calendars and documents. The integration further connects Tesla&#8217;s products with Musk&#8217;s xAI business and expands the role of AI software inside the company&#8217;s vehicles.  <\/p>\n<p>     Story Continues  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Ahead of the Trump-Xi dinner, Musk also told Chinese state broadcaster CCTV on Wednesday that Xi Jinping has been a &#8220;great leader&#8221; under whom China has &#8220;prospered immensely.&#8221; The comments came against the backdrop of Tesla&#8217;s significant manufacturing and sales exposure to China.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around TSLA stock shifted to &#8216;neutral&#8217; from &#8216;bearish&#8217; territory over the past week, alongside chatter at &#8216;low&#8217; levels.  <\/p>\n<p>   <a href=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/8fd043697c6d1db0dd8fc3086ebd798147a173f1eb6873c5f4792b3394ce57bd\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefit_w960%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fstocktwits_383%2F210f64432894818c32f35de1ea011681.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Screenshot_20260925-155550~2.jpg\" height=\"1563\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-1f8hkhu loader\"\/><\/a> TSLA stock retail sentiment on September 28 | Source: Stocktwits          <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Burry&#8217;s expanded shorts also touch Tesla directly, adding another bearish voice to the debate around the company&#8217;s valuation and AI ambitions.  <\/p>\n<p>       Meta: Zuckerberg Bets Bigger On AI Hardware         <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">At Meta, Mark Zuckerberg used Meta Connect last week to unveil a new wave of hardware, including a $1,299.99 mixed-reality headset, third-generation Ray-Ban Meta glasses, Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses and a new AI pendant called Muse Charm.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The hardware push also renewed scrutiny of Meta&#8217;s spending. Fortune reported that the company&#8217;s up-to-$145 billion 2026 capital expenditure guidance now exceeds the military budgets of every country except the U.S., China and Russia.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around META stock flipped to &#8216;bullish&#8217; from &#8216;bearish&#8217; territory over the past week, alongside chatter rose to &#8216;high&#8217; from &#8216;normal&#8217; levels.  <\/p>\n<p>   <a href=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/4c79134ca9d200ba0a4a8261d5b57fec0b3e898d1e3b7e94bf40f726e8e871a1\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefit_w960%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fstocktwits_383%2F6da67b61bc93de1dda6b2abcb54d9771.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Screenshot_20260925-155904~2.jpg\" height=\"1554\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-1f8hkhu loader\"\/><\/a> META stock retail sentiment on September 28 | Source: Stocktwits          Apple: Leadership Changes, But Cook Still Has A Washington Role         <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Apple entered last week with a new leadership structure but an old face in Washington.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Tim Cook, now executive chairman after handing the CEO role to John Ternus on September 1, represented Apple at Thursday&#8217;s Trump-Xi state dinner. The appearance underscores Cook&#8217;s continued role in Apple&#8217;s government and international relations even after stepping away from day-to-day operations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Ternus has so far emphasized continuity. On Apple&#8217;s second-quarter call, he pledged to preserve Cook&#8217;s &#8220;financial discipline,&#8221; while his first memo to employees as CEO described a &#8220;phenomenal&#8221; product pipeline.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around AAPL stock remained in &#8216;bearish&#8217; territory over the past week and chatter dropped to &#8216;low&#8217; from &#8216;normal&#8217; levels.  <\/p>\n<p>   <a href=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/5d4bbdc82cf91e0716ff16484fdf5fc41f3b082ab76a12ed3ff80339bbedf4e8\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefit_w960%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fstocktwits_383%2F07ed59dff0b9b9d1c49aeb70d641181e.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Screenshot_20260925-155502~2.jpg\" height=\"1561\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-1f8hkhu loader\"\/><\/a> AAPL stock retail sentiment on September 28 | Source: Stocktwits          Alphabet &amp; Microsoft: Big Tech At The Trump-Xi Dinner         <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai kept a lower public profile last week, but was also among the confirmed guests at the Trump-Xi dinner. His presence put Alphabet alongside Apple, Nvidia and other major technology companies in the week&#8217;s most visible display of the industry&#8217;s role in U.S.-China relations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was similarly quiet on the company&#8217;s AI strategy during the week but joined Pichai and other technology leaders at the White House dinner.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around MSFT stock and GOOGL stock improved to &#8216;bullish&#8217; from &#8216;neutral&#8217; territory over the past week. The former saw chatter at &#8216;normal&#8217; levels over the past week, while the latter saw message volume rising to &#8216;high&#8217; from &#8216;normal&#8217; levels.  <\/p>\n<p>   <a href=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/280b83f0b76ced9956fc9fd9640fc401afd63fdb7cb2aa0f5139f553d15b3d2d\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefit_w960%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fstocktwits_383%2Fa00383695f2ade3bb68dbae4383ddcfb.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Screenshot_20260925-155630~2.jpg\" height=\"1559\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-1f8hkhu loader\"\/><\/a> MSFT stock retail sentiment on September 28 | Source: Stocktwits          <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Taken together, the week&#8217;s developments showcase the increasingly wide range of views around Big Tech&#8217;s AI push. Executives such as Huang continue to argue that development should move forward, while investors including Burry are increasingly questioning valuations and the sustainability of the spending cycle.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/stocktwits.com\/news-articles\/markets\/equity\/trump-xi-talks-bring-tariff-cuts-but-ai-chips-rare-earths-stay-off\/cZMEtZwRBJf\" data-ylk=\"slk:Trump-Xi%20Talks%20May%20Bring%20Tariff%20Cuts%2C%20But%20AI%20Chips%20And%20Rare%20Earths%20Stay%20Off%20Table%2C%20Says%20Jefferies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Trump-Xi Talks May Bring Tariff Cuts, But AI Chips And Rare Earths Stay Off Table, Says Jefferies&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Trump-Xi Talks May Bring Tariff Cuts, But AI Chips And Rare Earths Stay Off Table, Says Jefferies<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">For updates and corrections, email newsroom[at]stocktwits[dot]com.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Prabhjote Gill has no position in any of the stocks mentioned in this article. 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