Why Walmart’s quick success in generative AI search should have Google worried

**KEY POINTS**

* **Walmart CEO Doug McMillon** has talked up the retail company’s **generative AI search capabilities**, one more threat to Alphabet’s internet dominance.
* **Alphabet** has been among the big tech losers in the stock market this year, alongside Apple, both struggling to tell investors winning AI stories.
* Google founder **Sergey Brin** recently conceded **missteps** in gen AI but said the company will figure out the right business models; analysts say online retailers will be **more competitive in …

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