On November 10, 2025, Michael Burry, the investor famous for predicting the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis and featured in the film "The Big Short," posted on X, accusing American big tech giants of inflating their earnings. The criticism centers on a widespread accounting practice among companies that have invested in AI: the artificial extension of the useful life of IT equipment, primarily Nvidia GPUs, to mitigate the impact of depreciation on corporate balance sheets.