Baidu Earnings Show the Perils of Going All-In on AI. The Stock Slumps.
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· August 18, 2026 at 13:27
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The world’s biggest companies are plowing [hundreds of billions of dollars](https://www.barrons.com/articles/amazon-meta-stocks-ai-a973fab2?mod=article_inline) into the artificial-intelligence arms race. [Baidu](https://www.barrons.com/market-data/stocks/bidu?mod=article_chiclet) shows the risks.
The Chinese search-engine provider posted a dismal set of second-quarter results on Tuesday, piling on more misery for a stock that was already down 20% for the year.
Baidu’s net income for the period slumped 68% from a year ago to 2.3 billion yuan ($344 million). Revenue dropped 4% from a year ago to 31.3 billion yuan.
Both figures missed expectations. Analysts polled by FactSet were looking for net income of 2.8 billion yuan and revenue of 31.7 billion yuan.