Alphabet stock rises 4% after Google rolls out new Bard features, international expansion

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Shares of Google parent Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) jumped more than 4% Thursday as the company announced it is expanding availability of its generative AI-powered chatbot Bard to more countries and adding additional features to the software. According to Google, Bard is now available in more than 40 languages including Arabic, Chinese, and Spanish and is being rolled out to regions including Brazil and Europe. Google’s Bard, like Microsoft’s (MSFT) Bing and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, is a chatbot designed to provide users with conversational responses to queries ranging from how many feet are in a mile to summaries of classic novels. Google...