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  "id": 17159244,
  "title": "Alphabet Loses $500 Billion in Market Value as AI Spending Fears Mount",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/alphabet-loses-500-billion-in-market-value-as-ai-spending-fears-mount",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-30T02:08:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessKorea",
    "slug": "businesskorea",
    "url": "https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=280033"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Alphabet, Google's parent company, experienced its steepest single-day share-price decline since its initial public offering as concerns over sluggish AI search monetization and soaring investment costs rattled investors. The company's shares plummeted 12.6% to close at $283.82 on the Nasdaq on Oct. 29, wiping approximately $500 billion, or about 669 trillion won, off its market capitalization in a single session.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Nasdaq Markets",
        "title": "Alphabet Just Lost $500 Billion in Market Value. A Once-in-a-Generation Artificial Intelligence (AI) Opportunity Could Be Hiding in Plain Sight.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/alphabet-just-lost-500-billion-in-market-value-a-once-in-a-generation",
        "published": "2026-10-29T18:50:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PYMNTS",
        "title": "Alphabet Loses $500 Billion in Market Value as AI Threatens Google Search",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/alphabet-loses-500-billion-in-market-value-as-ai-threatens-google",
        "published": "2026-10-29T23:44:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
        "title": "Google loses $500bn in market value as AI pressures search advertising",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/google-loses-500bn-in-market-value-as-ai-pressures-search-advertising",
        "published": "2026-10-29T23:49:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}