Google's AI Investments Cause Negative Free Cash Flow

Google has been spending a lot of money on artificial intelligence to stay ahead of other companies.

This spending has caused Google to have negative free cash flow for the first time in 22 years.

Google is building data centers and buying special AI chips, which costs a lot of money.

Even though Google is making a lot of money, it is spending even more on these AI projects.

Other big tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta are also spending a lot on AI.

Investors are wondering when these big investments will start to pay off.

Despite the financial pressure, Google's core business is still growing, especially in cloud services.