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Meta leaps in premarket, pulling Amazon, Alphabet higher; Estee Lauder falls

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Google releases new AI 'Bard' to testers ahead of public release

February 6, 2023 2:49 PM EST

Googles parent company, Alphabet Inc, (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced in a blog post on Monday that the company is planning to launch a chatbot service called Bard. Bard is powered by LaMDA, Google's AI that can generate human-like prose. The technology company opened the conversational AI service to test users for feedback, and will be followed by a public release in the coming... More

Meta downgraded at HSBC following 4Q miss; announces 2023 as 'year of efficiency'

February 3, 2023 8:26 AM EST

HSBC Global Research downgraded Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) to a Reduce rating (From Hold), and reiterated a price target of $110.00, following the social media companys 4Q results. Meta reported 4Q EPS of $1.76, missing the consensus estimate of $2.20.

The results showed higher users and growing engagement, but a 4.5% revenue decrease and a large restructuring charge of $4.2bn, only partially offset by lower depreciation. 2022 marks the first year of declining revenue at Meta.

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