AI stocks draw retail attention, shares jump

Guardforce AI

06/02/2023 15:23

** Shares of some firms that use artificial intelligence
(AI) climbed in early trading amid indications of increased
chatter among individual investors
    ** AI software firm C3.ai Inc  AI.N  rises 13%, analytics
firm BigBear.ai  BBAI.N  adds 13.5%, conversation intelligence
co SoundHound AI  SOUN.O  climbs 44.7%, Thailand's security firm
Guardforce AI  GFAI.O  up 8%
    ** BuzzFeed Inc  BZFD.O  advances 5%; the stock has more
than doubled in seven sessions since the firm said it would use
ChatGPT creator OPenAI for its content
    ** AI, GFAI and SOUN were among the most touted on investor
focused social media stocktwits.com
    ** Artificial intelligence is the latest fad among investors
with OpenAI, a startup behind the sensational ChatGPT chatbot,
which has attracted multi-billion dollar investment from
Microsoft Corp  MSFT.O 
 (Reporting by Medha Singh)
 ((medha.singh@thomsonreuters.com))