Google Chases Pinterest (Again) With an AI-Powered Rival

Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google recently launched Keen, a social media platform that offers similar collection and curation features as Pinterest (NYSE: PINS). Instead of pinning interests onto virtual pinboards, Keen's users curate their interest in "keens", and the platform leverages Google's AI capabilities to suggest more content to add.

Keen isn't a major product release like Google+, which was discontinued last year after failing to keep pace with Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and other social networks. Instead, Keen was developed by Google's Area 120, an internal incubator that creates experimental apps and services.

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