Key takeaways
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced that the AI chatbot Bard is open to all, AI is coming to almost all Google products and new search experiences are on the way
- Alphabet stock soared 5%, while Microsoft also gained 1.6% before sinking back down
- Lingering concerns about AI safety remain as the two companies look to one-up each other
Google’s been arguably sleeping at the wheel for a while, but it’s finally shaken from its reverie. At a flashy developers’ conference this week, CEO Sundar Pichai revealed a string of new AI announcements designed to show that Google should be the AI frontrunner after several false starts.
It’s high time for Google to deliver a sucker punch against its main AI competitor, Microsoft. But the AI safety conversation is growing louder, which could hurt AI stocks in the future. Let’s get into the details.
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