The US government asked a federal judge on Friday to order the breakup of Google's digital advertising business, arguing that the tech giant's pledges to change its practices cannot be trusted.
Gemini 3's surge past ChatGPT and other competitors on benchmark tests has handed Google an elusive victory.
A judge queried lawyers about whether a breakup made sense during closing arguments on how to fix the tech giant's dominance in online advertising.
At a recent all-hands meeting, Google's head of AI infrastructure, Amin Vahdat, said the company has to race to build out compute capacity in order to meet demand. Vahdat said Google bolsters its AI infrastructure capabilities with more efficient models and through its custom silicon.
Alphabet Inc. continues to dominate search and streaming, leveraging AI to improve ad targeting and user experience across Google Search, YouTube, and mobile apps. Gemini and Enterprise AI agents position GOOGL for significant competitive advantage in the cloud sector, with Google Cloud sales up 34% year over year. Despite being underestimated by the market, GOOGL's AI advancements and strong moats in search, streaming, and cloud drive ongoing monetization improvements.
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At a recent all-hands meeting, Google's head of AI infrastructure, Amin Vahdat, said the company has to race to buildout compute capacity in order to meet demand.
Alphabet has excelled at monetizing AI across Search, YouTube, Cloud, and Waymo, driving strong business performance and growth. That said, GOOGL shares now trade at over 9x sales and 28x earnings, well above historical valuation bands, signaling full valuation and limited upside. Despite robust recent earnings and AI-driven growth, projected EPS growth does not justify the current premium multiple, making the stock less attractive.
Alphabet's Google will make its final plea to avoid a breakup of its advertising technology business in a U.S. court on Friday, as the Department of Justice's antitrust case draws to a close.
Italy's competition authority said on Friday it had closed a probe it had launched last year over Google's alleged unfair commercial practices in the use of personal data after the online search giant adopted remedies.
I reiterate a Buy rating for Alphabet as AI investments drive strong growth across search, YouTube, and Google Cloud. GOOG's Q3 2025 revenue surged 16% year-over-year, surpassing $100 billion for the first time, with robust ad and cloud momentum. AI enhancements are expanding search and ad engagement, while Google Cloud's leadership in AI infrastructure attracts top-tier customers.
The updated AI image-editing tool has advanced text-rendering features that showcase Google's ability to solve a persistent industrywide challenge.