For much of the last two decades, investors enjoyed a powerful but often overlooked tailwind.
Google on Tuesday released the final version of its Android 17 operating system, as well as its counterpart for smartwatches, Wear OS 7. The latest release, which arrives first on its own Pixel devices, is also accompanied by a Pixel Drop, bringing new features that include support for the latest AI models, like the music generation model Lyria 3, the multimodal Gemini Omni, and speech-to-translation tools for the Pixel 10a with AudioLM.
Back in June 2024, researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner left OpenAI's superalignment team and predicted that Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL | GOOGL Price Prediction) stock would “explode.
At graduation ceremonies in 2026, the mere mention of artificial intelligence is enough to garner boos from the crowd.
Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) closed the most recent trading day at $367.11, moving +2.5% from the previous trading session.
Alphabet (GOOGL) closed the most recent trading day at $368.56, moving +2.47% from the previous trading session.
Phishing texts that mimic a bank alert or a package delivery notice usually point to a fake website built to capture passwords and card numbers. Google says one criminal network used artificial intelligence to build those websites at a scale no human team could match.
A Chinese-linked hacking group spent more than a year secretly stealing data from U.S. and Canadian academic, medical and military research institutions, before being detected, Google said on Monday.
Up to this point, Meta Platforms NASDAQ: META has failed to thoroughly convince markets that its artificial intelligence (AI) spending will pay off long-term.
As Alphabet NASDAQ: GOOGL continues to dominate headlines with Google Cloud's acceleration, Gemini's progress, and its massive AI infrastructure buildout, one segment of the company rarely gets mentioned: Other Bets. It is home to Alphabet's moonshot ventures, experimental projects that do not yet contribute materially to earnings but have the potential to reshape entire industries.
President Donald Trump is set to head to France for the annual summit of the Group of Seven nations. The U.S. and Iran have yet to finalize an anticipated deal that would end the war, open the Strait of Hormuz and address Tehran's nuclear program.
Alphabet demonstrates robust growth, with Q1 revenue up 21.8% Y/Y and a $460B cloud backlog supporting aggressive AI-driven CapEx plans. GOOG's AI demand now exceeds supply, justifying $180–$190B CapEx in 2026, while oversubscribed $85B equity offerings—anchored by Berkshire Hathaway—strengthen expansion without overleveraging. Strategic partnerships, such as powering Apple's Siri with Gemini and deep ties to Anthropic and OpenAI, position GOOG to benefit regardless of the AI race outcome.