{
  "id": 10237,
  "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/07/14/softbank-ceo-5-trillion-ai-demand-critics-bubble",
  "title": "‘Those who condemn AI are themselves spitting upward’: SoftBank’s CEO estimates $5 trillion needed annually to meet AI demand",
  "summary": "Masayoshi Son founded SoftBank more than four decades ago and was an early supporter of AI, investing tens of billions of dollars to related companies.",
  "authors": "The Associated Press, Mayuko Ono",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "finance-investment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-14T17:54:12.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T18:07:30.096Z",
  "source_slug": "x-fortune-ai",
  "source_name": "Fortune AI",
  "source_homepage": "https://fortune.com/section/artificial-intelligence/",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/10237",
  "original_url": "https://fortune.com/2026/07/14/softbank-ceo-5-trillion-ai-demand-critics-bubble",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}