This will likely be enough to keep Google on top, and its latest results support that claim. In Q2, Google Search's revenue rose 12% year over year. That's an acceleration from Q1's 10% revenue growth, so it's fairly clear that generative AI hasn't caused significant headwinds toward Google's business yet.

At the top of my list for best AI stocks to buy in August are Nvidia ( NVDA -2.26%), Taiwan Semiconductor ( TSM -2.65%), Alphabet ( GOOG -1.51%) ( GOOGL -1.45%), and ASML ( ASML -0.55%). These four have a great combination of growth and value.

Drawing from Harry Frankfurt’s classic definition, the researchers analyzed 2,400 real-world prompts across 100 artificial intelligence (AI) assistants, spanning political, medical, legal, and customer-facing contexts.