{"id":94633,"date":"2026-02-24T13:46:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=94633"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:50:23","slug":"citrini-research-predicts-economic-collapse-due-to-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/citrini-research-predicts-economic-collapse-due-to-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Citrini Research Predicts Economic Collapse Due to AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A report by Citrini Research, where analysts warned of an economic collapse due to artificial intelligence, partially triggered a sell-off in shares of software and payment service companies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUNE 2028. <\/p>\n<p>The S&#038;P is down 38% from its highs. Unemployment just printed 10.2%. Private credit is unraveling. Prime mortgages are cracking. AI didn\u2019t disappoint. It exceeded every expectation.<\/p>\n<p>What happened?\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JzzwCrbJgS\">https:\/\/t.co\/JzzwCrbJgS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Citrini (@Citrini7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Citrini7\/status\/2025653614430023864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Global Intelligence Crisis has garnered 24.4 million views on X at the time of writing. The document states that AI agents can significantly boost corporate profits and render human labor unnecessary. Such a situation would trigger a recession.<\/p>\n<p>The report outlines a grim scenario for June 2028:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The S&#038;P 500 index fell by 38% from its historical high;<\/li>\n<li>Unemployment exceeded 10%;<\/li>\n<li>The private credit market collapsed;<\/li>\n<li>Mortgage agreements are &#8220;cracking at the seams.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to researchers, the process is gradual:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Initial layoffs in offices appear positive for markets\u2014margins grow, profits hit records, wages decrease.<\/li>\n<li>Agents evolve and can assemble a product equivalent in weeks, putting pressure on prices and reducing revenue.<\/li>\n<li>Assistants eliminate business intermediaries, finding the cheapest payment tools like stablecoins in low-fee networks.<\/li>\n<li>Layoffs hit demand as people stop spending due to unemployment.<\/li>\n<li>Defaults are declared on loans, and the problem shifts to the insurance sector.<\/li>\n<li>Issues arise in the mortgage market, intensifying asset sell-offs.<\/li>\n<li>Tax revenues fall, leading to discussions on inference levies or &#8220;dividends&#8221; from AI infrastructure.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stock Declines<\/h2>\n<p>IBM shares experienced their largest one-day drop in 25 years, plummeting by 13.1%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-caaccb822fe651f4-7146183392325700-1024x767.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-275707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-caaccb822fe651f4-7146183392325700-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-caaccb822fe651f4-7146183392325700-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-caaccb822fe651f4-7146183392325700-768x575.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-caaccb822fe651f4-7146183392325700.png 1053w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">IBM shares. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/IBM\/\">Yahoo Finance.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shares of Microsoft, Oracle, and Accenture fell by 3.21%, 4.57%, and 6.58% respectively. Payment companies Visa, Mastercard, and American Express recorded declines of 4-7%.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns intensified following Anthropic&#8217;s success. The company announced that Claude can optimize <span data-descr=\"Common Business-Oriented Language \u2014 created in 1959, a programming language that underpins the global financial system. It has the most lines of code written in it.\" class=\"old_tooltip\">COBOL<\/span> code, which primarily runs on IBM systems.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s official:<\/p>\n<p>IBM stock, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24IBM&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$IBM<\/a>, just posted its worst day since October 2000 after Anthropic announced that Claude can streamline COBOL code.<\/p>\n<p>Today is the day AI became dystopian for millions of people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OHaVWbZrdT\">pic.twitter.com\/OHaVWbZrdT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KobeissiLetter\/status\/2026044389479358866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Citrini experts emphasized that the spread of AI agents like Anthropic&#8217;s Claude Code or OpenAI&#8217;s Codex will lead to an economic shift: the need for human labor will decrease, and companies will be forced to reinvest saved funds into more powerful systems. This will create a closed loop, accelerating the displacement of workers and reducing consumer spending.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, shares of leading public companies in the cybersecurity sector <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/anthropic-accuses-chinese-ai-labs-of-data-theft\">fell after the launch<\/a> of an AI vulnerability scanner in Claude Code Security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report by Citrini Research warned of an economic collapse due to AI, triggering a sell-off in company shares.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Citrini Research warns of economic collapse due to AI, triggering a sell-off.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1252],"class_list":["post-94633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-reports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"932","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Citrini Research warns of economic collapse due to AI, triggering a sell-off.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94635,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94633\/revisions\/94635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}