Google just finished a quarter with a net income of $62.58 billion. I've looked everywhere, and it's an all-time record.
But that's thanks to huge financial gains on stocks like Anthropic, which artificially inflate the figures. If they made $15 billion on their Anthropic stock that quarter, their net income seems enormous because there's a $15 billion gain from Anthropic alone.
But in reality, if their Anthropic stock only brings in $2 billion in the following quarter, their net income will suddenly drop by $13 billion.
So even though they have the record, we should expect a significant decrease in net income in Q2.