• Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    9 hours ago

    Shares of Google parent company Alphabet sank Thursday by 12.6%

    Okay, unlike most drummed up bullshit articles that make big noise over minor fluctuations, this ain’t nothing.

    Anyone know what happened?

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      A 12% fluctuation is considered a pretty big deal for a company of this size. Usually the large companies are considered way more stable.

      If it were a medium sized company no one would talk about this fluctuation outside of investing circles

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      They revealed that they make less money on the AI Overview than traditional ads. Also they, supposedly, have no strategy to monetize AI use from their customers.