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Software stocks are so back.

Why it matters: AI was going to obliterate the software sector, or so investors believed earlier this year, but it turns out that this stuff is hard to quit.

Zoom in: The State Street Software and Services ETF, which tracks about 130 software and IT stocks, rose 5.2% Thursday, hitting a new all-time high.