Investors Fear AI Is Eating Google’s Search — Alphabet Drops 13%


Alphabet plunged ~13% after Q3, erasing $475B; stock down $766B in October. Is Wall Street overly bearish on AI?

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Yahoo Finance highlights a single, sharp moment: after Alphabet’s third-quarter report the stock dropped about 13 percent in one session, wiping roughly $475B of market value and turning October into the company’s worst month on record. The clip focuses on investor anxiety that AI features and new search interfaces are stealing users and ad dollars from Google’s core search business. The presenters press company results against those fears, showing why traders reacted so violently in a short span.