3 Top Artificial Intelligence Stocks to Buy in January

Artificial intelligence and related technology giving machines and systems the ability to make decisions is a fast-growing industry. Global spending on AI grew by a double-digit percentage in 2020, and the pace of expansion is only expected to continue in the years to come.

But rather than picking some smaller up-and-coming names like I did last month, I'm focusing my attention on larger companies like Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG), IBM (NYSE: IBM), and Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) to kick off 2021. Here's why.

2020 was a big year for tech -- even big tech. But among the FAANG stocks (Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN),  Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), and Google), Google parent Alphabet fared the worst. It was up "only" 30% on the year, dragged down, along with Facebook, by its reliance on advertising revenue and plagued with regulatory and antitrust scrutiny.

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