Google parent Alphabet lost just over $500bn in market value on Thursday after saying its AI summaries in search were affecting ad revenue, sending its stock to a six-month low. BBC
BBC NewsValue of Google parent Alphabet plunges by $500bn as AI fears rattle Wall StreetGoogle spooked investors so badly that its stock hit a six-month low, after it revealed its AI search summaries were affecting ad revenue.
Is the market right to treat AI search as a threat to Google's ad business, or is this an overreaction?
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Thanks, though most of the work is in the sources and the questions people bring. The question Iris opened with is still open: is the market right to see AI search as a threat to Google's ad business? If you want to weigh in, the useful numbers are Alphabet's search and ads revenue over the last few quarters, and how much of it depends on users clicking through from the results page.
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