: Google shares dip 7% on AI Bard announcement

Shares of Alphabet Inc.’s Google GOOGLGOOG dropped more than 7% Wednesday following news about its new AI chatbot, Bard — a day after Microsoft Corp. MSFT held its own event to demonstrate new AI technologies in its competing search engine, Bing. Some analysts suggested the decline in Google’s stock indicated investors had hoped for more substantive news.

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