Cyberattacks, especially ransomware attacks, continue to increase across the world.
Alphabet shares rose as Wall Street cheered the launch of Gemini, saying the new AI model could help narrow the gap in a race with Microsoft-backed OpenAI.
Alphabet surged 5% on Thursday as Wall Street cheered the launch of Gemini, saying the new artificial intelligence model could help narrow the gap in a race with Microsoft-backed OpenAI. Long considered a leader in AI research, Alphabet lost the spotlight when OpenAI's ChatGPT swept the tech landscape upon its launch last November and allowed investor Microsoft to aggressively roll out AI-powered software to businesses. Now, Gemini looks poised to boost Alphabet's AI heft again.