Alphabet Shares Fall 5% on Gemini 3.5 Pro Delay, Retail Traders View Dip as Buying Opportunity

According to Bloomberg, Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) shares fell nearly 5% on Thursday, July 17, after reports indicated Google is months behind schedule in releasing Gemini 3.5 Pro, its flagship artificial intelligence model. The delay stems from the model's underperformance in coding capabilities relative to internal expectations.

On Stocktwits, retail traders largely viewed the selloff as excessive, with many calling the decline a buying opportunity. One trader noted that taking additional time to improve coding performance represents "quality over haste," while others dismissed the market reaction as an overreaction to the delay.