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Google value plunges by $500bn as AI fears rattle Wall Street

2026-10-29 · BBC News

Google's AI search summaries are cannibalizing its own ad revenue so badly that investors panicked and wiped $500 billion off the company's value. Turns out replacing useful search results with AI-generated slop has financial consequences. Who could have predicted that making your core product worse would upset shareholders?

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