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2 sources·Updated 9h ago

Alphabet value plunges by $500bn as AI fears rattle Wall Street

Google parent Alphabet lost just over $500bn (£374bn) in value on Thursday after it rattled Wall Street with its last update of the year on its business operations.

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Image: Sri Lanka MirrorSri Lanka Mirror•9h agoAlphabet value plunges by $500bn as AI fears rattle Wall Street

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Hiru News - English•10h agoGoogle value plunges by $500bn as AI fears rattle Wall Street

Summary

Google AI is eating its core business - search At first glance, the quarterly results of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, were not at all bad. That new level of spending is almost entirely dedicated to Google's AI investments. The sale of ads that appear alongside Google Search results is the vast majority of Alphabet's business.

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  • Phillip Schindler2
  • Tracy Woo2
  • Andy Jassy
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  • Forrester2
  • Google AI2
  • Microsoft2
  • Alphabet2
  • Amazon2
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  • Wall Street2
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  • plunges2
  • rattle2
  • fears2
  • value2

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Oct 30, 7:28 AM
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Oct 30, 9:44 AM

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