Google’s biggest bet is AI for search, says investment chief Ruth Porat

Alphabet, the Google parent that has pioneered self-driving cars and quantum computing, is making its biggest bet much closer to home: online search.

Applying artificial intelligence to the search business that made Google a household name remains the largest gambit for the company, Ruth Porat, Alphabet’s president and chief investment officer, said at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York on Tuesday.