Google says its investments in AI are driving more searches

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Net profit slid 25% from a year earlier to $26.2bn, well short of expectations, though revenue rose to $127.6bn Shares in Google parent Alphabet fell more than 10% in after-hours trading Wednesday, erasing tens of billions of dollars in stock market value from the $4tn tech…
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YouTube ad revenue grew 9% in the third quarter to hit $11.2 billion, but parent Alphabet’s stock dropped after overall financials undershot Wall Street expectations. Shares in Alphabet fell 8% in after-hours trading on the earnings news. Total revenue of $127.6 billion…
Read at Deadline Hollywood → - The Verge·1d agoGoogle says its investments in AI are driving more searches
Google parent company Alphabet says that its AI investments are leading to a big growth in searches year-over-year, as noted in its Q3 2026 earnings today. "Our AI investments are driving overall Search query growth, including commercial queries," CEO Sundar Pichai says in a…
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