Better Artificial Intelligence (AI) Pick for 2026: Alphabet or Nvidia Stock?

Alphabet has emerged as a new competitor of Nvidia's.Nvidia (NVDA +1.50%) was the gold standard of AI investing up until a few weeks ago. Now, that notion is being challenged by an unlikely source: Alphabet (GOOG 2.31%) (GOOGL 2.51%). Alphabet isn't what investors think of when they think about AI computing hardware, but recent developments may be pushing Alphabet in that direction.Furthermore, Alphabet has other AI endeavors that could push it over the edge to make it a better stock pick than Nvidia. Howev ...