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IBM CEO Arvind Krishna attends a Rose Garden Club event at the White House on July 6. Photo: Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images

IBM startled investors Tuesday with an acknowledgment that shifting priorities in the AI economy are bludgeoning its core business.

Why it matters: The software industry is suffering as companies shift their tech spending from conventional software to AI tokens and data centers.