Google’s dominance in search is giving it a powerful advantage in the AI race.

Investors may be missing the forest for the trees.

By Marleen Kaesebier and Kenrick Cai ZURICH, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google has expanded employee buyout offers to several countries this year as it looks to rein in rising costs amid heavy spending on artificial intelligence.

Alphabet Inc. GOOGL increased its stake in Elon Musk‘s SpaceX SPCX by nearly 4 million shares last quarter, adding to a holding now worth approximately $69 billion that began with a $900 million investment in 2015.

“From a business angle, they're just doubling down as much as they can to try and force people to use AI,” one edtech critic said. “But from a pure learning angle, why?”

But at the same time, you can understand why teachers and schools might not want students to have unfettered access to AI tools. The goal is to teach students to think for themsel