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Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) stock is falling 13% to $90.39 in Tuesday trading after the Chinese internet company reported second-quarter results that missed expectations on revenue and adjusted earnings. Baidu’s revenue fell 4% year over year to 31.3 billion yuan, or $4.6 billion, while adjusted earnings per American Depositary Share came in at 7.22 yuan, or $1.06. Baidu’s results highlight the difficult transition from a search-driven business toward artificial intelligence, cloud computing and autonomous-driving technologies.
The sharp stock decline also raises a broader question about whether Baidu can turn strong AI investment into enough near-term growth to offset weakness in its traditional advertising business. Baidu’s AI Progress Faces a Tougher Test Baidu’s AI Cloud business remains one of the brighter parts of the story, with AI Cloud revenue having grown sharply as the company expands its infrastructure and AI offerings. Yet Baidu’s legacy search business remains under pressure, leaving investors to weigh the potential of the newer businesses against deterioration in an important source of cash generation.