Google parent company Alphabet says that its AI investments are leading to a big growth in searches year-over-year, as noted in its Q 3 2026 earnings today. "Our AI investments are driving overall Search query growth, including commercial queries," CEO Sundar Pichai says in a statement.
"In fact, our year-over-year query growth rate is the highest it's been in the last five years." Alphabet's consolidated revenues for the quarter were $127. 6 billion, up 25 percent year-over-year, with its "Google Search & other" revenues up 12 percent year-over-year.
Google Cloud revenue was also up 103 percent year-over-year to $30. 7 billion. The earnings … Read the full story at The Verge.