Google’s accelerating shift into artificial intelligence helped propel its corporate parent to another quarter of solid growth while a crackdown on its internet empire looms in the background.

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai praises a standout Q2 driven by AI-powered growth across divisions, with Google Search and Cloud showing strong momentum and boosting revenue.

Alphabet Inc.'s Q2 highlights AI-driven growth and cloud profitability. Click for our updated look at GOOGL earnings and the initiatives that make it a Buy.

Google parent Alphabet plans to spend $10 billion more in capital expenditures this year than previously anticipated as the company works to meet surging demand for Google Cloud.

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The addition of AI Overviews to Google Search may be one reason why that business continues to show strength. It brought in more than $54.19 billion in revenue during the quarter, representing a good chunk of its overall $71.34 billion in advertising revenue. That was up 10.5% from $64.61 billion in ad sales in the same period last year.

Sundar Pichai's fortune could have increased by a billion dollars had he chosen to hold onto Google shares sold over the past decade.

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of the AI Stocks in the Spotlight Right Now. On July 22, Stifel analyst Mark Kelley raised the price target on the stock to $218.00 (from $200.00) while maintaining a “Buy” rating.

Persistent concerns that Alphabet Inc. has fallen behind in the artificial intelligence supremacy race has weighed on the stock this year, and not even the cheapest earnings multiple in about two y…