Alphabet, Microsoft Earnings Show Surging AI Demand — SkimNews

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- Microsoft and Alphabet reported earnings showing surging AI demand as spending soared, putting AI investment at the center of both companies' results.
- Bloomberg framed the Microsoft and Alphabet earnings around the AI cash flow drain, while Reuters called the Big Tech results a test of the AI boom amid market turmoil.
Why it matters: The contrast between the two framings is the point: Alphabet and Microsoft are being read as proof of surging AI demand and soaring spending, but Bloomberg centers the cash flow drain and Reuters frames the results as a test of the AI boom amid market turmoil, with a Fed decision and Amazon's earnings in the same window.
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