Google-owner Alphabet has been trying to boost its AI heft since ChatGPT’s launch in late 2022, answering back with its own generative AI chatbot, Gemini, last year.
Shares of Alphabet were down around 1% in extended trading, after closing around 5% lower on Thursday.
Google’s dominance in the browser market became precarious after the Department of Justice argued that the company should sell its Chrome browser to end its monopoly on online search.