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AI is squeezing Google search growth: Alphabet missed ad revenue estimates and burned billions in cash.

Google has released Gemini 4 Argon to developers and businesses after months of delays and upheaval.

Google’s new Argon model anchors Gemini 4 and, it claims, rivals OpenAI’s Astra and Anthropic’s Opus.

Anthropic’s Claude Mythos and OpenAI’s latest model updates have left Google playing catch-up in frontier AI.

Koray Kavukcuoglu inherits day-to-day control, with Cloud leaders expecting a more product-led Google Gemini.

Google has put agents into Search and slashed prices to win enterprise business from rivals OpenAI and Anthropic.

Cloud revenue up 63% and custom AI chips winning customers – Alphabet’s surge has grabbed Wall Street’s attention.

Google is betting the company’s AI monetisation strategy on digital assistants that can plan, decide and act autonomously.

Alphabet is taking on OpenAI with a gusto that underscores Wall Street’s perception that the Google parent is the leader in AI.

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