The artificial intelligence (AI) boom is showing no signs of letting up. Executive teams want to leverage this technology, while employees are worried about how it could affect their jobs. And then there are investors that continue to look for ways to profit from this trend.

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At the forefront of AI

"We will move from mobile-first to an AI-first world," CEO Sundar Pichai of Alphabet 's ( GOOGL 3.24% ) ( GOOG 3.02% ) then-Google division said in the company's 2015 letter to shareholders. This was to outline a fresh strategic focus and outlook of the tech landscape. Looking back with the benefit of hindsig

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