Alphabet Jumps as Berkshire Reveals $4.9 Billion Stake

Alphabet Jumps as Berkshire Reveals $4.9 Billion Stake

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Alphabet (GOOGL, Financials) rose more than 5% after Berkshire Hathaway unveiled an unusual tech-sector commitment to the business, which investors saw as a validation of its artificial intelligence plan. In the September quarter, Berkshire bought 17.85 million shares worth $4.93 billion.The investment comes as public attitude toward giant internet…

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Despite AI bubble fears, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway buys shares of hyperscaler Alphabet

Despite AI bubble fears, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway buys shares of hyperscaler Alphabet

Wall Street has been consumed for months with fears that the artificial intelligence boom is actually a bubble about to pop, but that didn’t stop Berkshire Hathaway from buying shares of a top AI hyperscaler. Warren Buffett’s conglomerate revealed in a regulatory filing late Friday that it purchased 17.8 million shares of Google parent Alphabet during…

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Mixed share reaction to megacap earnings burst, Meta droops

Mixed share reaction to megacap earnings burst, Meta droops

(Reuters) -Shares in three of the “Magnificent Seven” companies with significant investments in artificial intelligence were mixed in after-hours trade on Wednesday after the mega caps released third quarter earnings. Shares in Google-parent Alphabet rose 6.2% after the company beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue on Wednesday, as both its core advertising business and…

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OpenAI releases social app for sharing AI videos from Sora, challenging TikTok and Meta

OpenAI releases social app for sharing AI videos from Sora, challenging TikTok and Meta

OpenAI is releasing a stand-alone social app for making and sharing artificial intelligence-generated videos with friends, an attempt to supercharge adoption for the emerging technology just as ChatGPT did for chatbots three years ago. The free Sora app, available from Tuesday by invitation, is powered by a new version of OpenAI’s video-making software of the…

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