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GOOGLE'S BIGGEST BET IS AI FOR SEARCH, INVESTMENT CHIEF SAYS

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December 11, 202412:20 AM GMT+1Updated 10 min ago
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Item 1 of 2 Ruth Porat, President & Chief Investment Officer of Alphabet &
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[1/2]Ruth Porat, President & Chief Investment Officer of Alphabet & Google,
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Dec 10 (Reuters) - Alphabet (GOOGL.O), opens new tab, the Google parent that has
pioneered self-driving cars and quantum computing, is making its biggest bet
much closer to home: online search.
Applying artificial intelligence to the search business that made Google a
household name remains the largest gambit for the company, Ruth Porat,
Alphabet's president and chief investment officer, said at the Reuters NEXT
conference in New York on Tuesday.

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