Alphabet Inc. is learning that the AI boom comes with a politics problem
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- Alphabet’s AI push is colliding with a renewed debate over military and surveillance use, with employees demanding clearer limits.
- Strong recent results (Q4 2025 revenue $113.8B, net income $34.5B) and huge planned 2026 capex ($175B–$185B) explain why the stakes are so high.
- The market’s new question isn’t “can Google build AI?”—it’s whether it can scale AI without igniting trust and governance blowback.
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