{"id":207445,"date":"2026-04-30T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/buying-a-computer-ai-is-making-it-more-expensive\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:45:15","slug":"buying-a-computer-ai-is-making-it-more-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/buying-a-computer-ai-is-making-it-more-expensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying a computer? AI is making it more expensive."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/computer-price-memory-chip-shortage-artificial-intelligence\/\">Buying a computer? AI is making it more expensive.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/computer-price-memory-chip-shortage-artificial-intelligence\/\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/computer-price-memory-chip-shortage-artificial-intelligence\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-30 11:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cbsnews.com\">www.cbsnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Certainly! Here is a summarized version of the article using an unordered list that includes 6 key points:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Artificial intelligence (AI) has ushered in a new wave of powerful technology available to consumers, but accessibility may be limited by economic factors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The rise of AI demands significant computing power, which has led to a shortage of memory chips due to high demand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; This shortage is resulting in higher prices for personal computers, marking a reversal of the steady decline in computer costs that had persisted for the past 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; According to Oxford Economics, computer, software, and accessory costs have been increasing by more than 3% per month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Analysts expect the memory chip shortage to continue at least until the end of 2027, though they anticipate that diminishing consumer demand will eventually stabilize prices as companies compete.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; AI&#8217;s impact extends beyond hardware costs, with increased energy consumption driving up utility bills and boosting the value of technology stocks, further fueling inflation.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buying a computer? AI is making it more expensive. https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/computer-price-memory-chip-shortage-artificial-intelligence\/ Publish Date: 2026-04-30 11:30:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":207446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/29\/959717c4-64cc-49b6-9656-9eb2f1441fc6\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/cccc550d77273c2dddb9ffbd38c181a5\/gettyimages-2210697751.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-207445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207447,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207445\/revisions\/207447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}