We recently compiled a list of the 10 AI News Investors Shouldn’t Miss. In this article, we are going to take a look at where NICE Ltd. (NASDAQ:NICE) stands against the other AI stocks.

Angie Newman from UBS Private Wealth Management discussed how to take advantage of the ongoing artificial intelligence boom on CNBC’s Squawk Box Asia. Discussing the macroeconomic environment, Newman stated how the correlation between stocks and bonds often increases during geopolitical uncertainty and fluctuating interest rates.

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While investors may think that balancing stocks and bonds will make their portfolio well diversified and they would be able to create smooth returns over time, it’s not always the case. To address this, Newman recommends incorporating other alternative asset classes like gold. Investors can particularly focus on sectors such as data centers, which are poised to benefit significantly from AI advancements.

She noted that AI’s impact extends beyond tech companies producing AI components, highlighting data centers and established value companies integrating the technology. Newman also stressed the importance of adopting an equal-weight portfolio strategy and rebalancing regularly to capture opportunities across AI beneficiaries.

Heading into 2025, the frenzy around artificial intelligence and its vast potential show no signs of slowing down. Even business executives and researchers anticipate that autonomous “agents” and profitability are likely to dominate the artificial intelligence agenda next year. Speaking at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York, the executives explained how agents, or systems that can perform actions without direct involvement have long been an intangible goal for researchers. However, the capabilities were likely to be enabled by step-by-step reasoning approaches like those used in OpenAI’s o1 model.

“I think we are going to see a lot of motion next year around agents, and I think people are going to be surprised at how fast this technology comes at us. We think that’s just the beginning of what 2025 will be about: agents who are really there to help you with day to day tasks”.

– OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar.

Sarah Friar, CFO of OpenAI, anticipates that Artificial General Intelligence, a theoretical AI system with capabilities rivaling a human’s, will be developed in the next few years. Analysts and venture capitalists are already very bullish on 2025, stating that it is going to be “a year of profitability”. Moreover, companies have already moved beyond the stage of experimentation, having integrated AI technology into their operations. Businesses are benefiting from integrating AI by streamlining operations, enhancing decision-making, and driving innovation for increased efficiency and profitability.

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NICE Ltd. (NASDAQ:NICE)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 24

NICE Ltd. (NASDAQ:NICE) provides AI-powered self-service and agent-assisted CX software for the contact center – and beyond. On December 12, the company announced that the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office in California has selected NICE Justice, one of the AI-powered solutions in NICE’s Evidencentral platform, to streamline digital evidence management. This makes it the fourth prosecutor’s office in California to digitally transform evidence management with NICE Justice. The solution will modernize how district attorneys and office staff receive, interact with, manage, and share digital evidence. It also features built-in AI and automation capabilities for object detection, automated case building, video and audio transcription and translation, optical character recognition (OCR), analytics, and finding evidence connections.

“We’re thrilled to build on our momentum of helping prosecutors digitally transform their evidence management, with the addition of the Monterey County DA. With the breadth and scope of digital evidence growing exponentially, NICE Justice helps prosecutors get to the truth faster”.

-Chris Wooten, Executive Vice President, NICE

Overall, NICE ranks 8th on our list of AI news investors shouldn’t miss. While we acknowledge the potential of NICE as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than NICE but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

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Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.