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Walmart CEO Doug McMillon has talked up the retail company’s generative AI search capabilities, one more threat to Alphabet’s internet dominance. Alphabet has been among the big tech losers in the stock market this year, alongside Apple, both struggling to tell investors winning AI stories. Google founder Sergey Brin recently conceded missteps in gen AI but said the company will figure out the right business models; analysts say online retailers will be more competitive in search within their… Source link

Alphabet’s Google Cloud has intensified its criticism of Microsoft’s cloud computing strategies. According to an exclusive report by Reuters, the company asserts that Microsoft is seeking a monopoly, which could hinder the development of emerging technologies like generative artificial intelligence. Google, currently trailing behind Microsoft and Amazon, raises concerns about the impact of Microsoft’s practices on the cloud market.Recently, during an interview, Google Cloud Vice… Source link

© NurPhoto/Getty Images ChatGPT, a AI chat bot, has gone viral in the past two weeks. NurPhoto/Getty Images When ChatGPT went viral, people began using it as an alternative to Google Searches. Investors started seeing a world where generative AI would disrupt Google by taking some search traffic away. But Google has a first mover advantage and also heavily invests in AI — challenging it will be difficult. ChatGPT, the viral internet AI chatbot, has brought the world of… Source link

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks on stage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018. Stephen Lam | Reuters As industry-wide layoffs hit bigger tech names, some Google workers worry they’re next. While Google has so far avoided the widespread job cuts that have hit tech companies, particularly those supported by a slumping ad market, internal anxiety is on the rise, according to documents viewed by CNBC and employees who spoke on the condition… Source link

In the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast, Matt Harmon and Edwin Porras break down their outlook for Carolina Panthers RB Christian McCaffrey from an injury perspective. Video Transcript MATT HARMON: I want to be really sensitive in how I talk about Christian McCaffrey because I know that some fantasy analysts are out there just, he’s the number one player on the board because the role is so uniquely rare. We throw a unicorn and stuff all the time. But McCaffrey really does have a unicorn role… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, August 24, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Jared Blikre, a reporter focused on the markets on Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter @SPYJared. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) has a breadth problem. The summer rally in stocks petered out last week after a sizable 17.4% gain for the S&P 500 from mid-June lows to mid-August highs. But echoing a complaint… Source link

Alphabet, the parent company to Google, announced its first quarter earnings this evening, and for the creator industry, that means a slew of news and updates about YouTube. YouTube is known as a particularly ripe ground for content monetization, since creators earn a 55% share of ad revenue, rather than paltry payouts from an ever-dwindling creator fund (looking at you, TikTok). Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and Alphabet, reported that the number of YouTube channels that made at… Source link

While U.S. lawmakers have offered at least a dozen overlapping bills to regulate their own stock trades, it wasn’t until Thursday that a senator detailed plans for a final push to pass the legislation this year. “We need to be able to come back two weeks from now and have a consolidated vision in the Senate,” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said of work to be done during the upcoming Easter recess. “Otherwise we are going to miss this opportunity.” With election season right around the corner, he… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Friday, December 17, 2021 As ever, we can’t forget about China The world’s largest economy — rife as it is with attendant crises, policy shifts and political intrigue — is a constant focus for investors. Therefore, it’s sometimes easy to lose sight of what’s happening in the second largest. The ongoing turmoil of Evergrande, which Source link

Economic challenges abound, and equities will rally. It’s a seemingly paradoxical view, but one espoused by one of the biggest players in the market. Scott Minerd thinks stocks have bottomed, and will rally from here. Minerd is chief investment officer at Guggenheim Partners, helping oversee the firm’s $255 billion in assets. He told Yahoo Finance Live that stocks can rise at least 10% from current levels going into next year. “There’s an old saying that markets climb a wall of worry…. Source link