Machine learning. AI. Automation. The future is upon us. From smartphones to robotic production lines to drones, human life and machine life are becoming more intertwined and dependent on one another.

One of the biggest coming changes is AI and its impact on how we work, play, learn, shop, and communicate. Change is always a bit scary. But it can also be incredibly exciting. And profitable.

Indeed, there are a number of artificial intelligence stocks that are investing in AI because they can foresee the profits to come. And investors can gain exposure to AI by buying shares in these companies.

Investing in the fringes of technology directly, as an individual, is very risky. A lower-risk way to play this is to invest in high-quality dividend growth stocks with AI exposure.

Mixing dividend growth investing AI? Its old school meets new cool – the best of both worlds. These have been great investments for decades before AI. AI gives us that much more of a reason to invest.

Today, I want to tell you about three AI stocks paying safe, growing dividends. These are great businesses that already have lengthy track records of reliable, rising profits and dividends. But they’re bolstering their investment appeal with the AI exposure.

The first artificial intelligence stock I want to tell you about is Apple (AAPL). I’ve repeatedly called Apple a must-own stock for serious dividend growth investors, and its AI exposure is but one of many reasons for that.

Ever heard of Siri, the tech company’s AI-based voice assistant? That’s the consumer-facing, easy-to-understand version of AI. But Apple can, and will, go much bigger and deeper than this. Through in-house development and bolt-on acquisitions, Apple is slowly paving the way toward a future where things like AI, AR, and VR are as commonplace as smartphones are now. They recently committed to $430 billion in US investments over the next five years, and they specifically mentioned AI as one of their key areas of focus.

Stock #2 is Emerson Electric (EMR). Emerson Electric is the perfect example of old school meets new cool.

This old-school manufacturing and engineering company is a Dividend Aristocrat with 64 consecutive years of dividend increases, which is one of the longest such dividend growth streaks in the whole world. And it’s even a pretty decent income play here, with a yield of 2.1%. Their 10-year dividend growth rate of 4% won’t knock you dead, but there could be a growth acceleration in store for shareholders from new-cool investments.

The third stock I want to highlight is United Parcel Service (UPS). This is a multifaceted way to invest in the future of society, and AI is one of those facets.

The shipping company is a classic dividend growth stock. With a market-beating 1.9% yield, 12 consecutive years of dividend raises, and a 10-year dividend growth rate of 7.9%, it checks a lot of boxes. Plus, you get an easy-to-understand business with a ubiquitous service that gives investors tangibility. You can see the brown trucks everywhere you go. But what you might not readily see is all of their AI investments.

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