The artificial intelligence (AI) boom is showing no signs of letting up. Executive teams want to leverage this technology, while employees are worried about how it could affect their jobs. And then there are investors that continue to look for ways to profit from this trend.

Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks scored major gains over the past two years as investors bet on the power of the technology to revolutionize the world -- from our daily lives to how companies operate.

Shares of Verint Systems surged in early trading Thursday after the automation-software company posted a strong fiscal first quarter and offered a rosy outlook for the year. Adjusted earnings of 29 cents a share topped the 13 cents a share Wall Street had anticipated,