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Is SoftBank an AI Stock Now?

Perhaps—but there are some risks and opportunity for shareholders

By Jacky Wong
SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son says it will be soon be time for the company ‘to go on the counteroffensive.’ Photo: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg News

SoftBank Group has lain low over the past year as plunging tech stocks sank the company into two straight years of losses. The latest frenzy in artificial intelligence, however, has got its flamboyant chairman, Masayoshi Son, excited again.

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