Tech investors have turned to artificial intelligence (AI) stocks for investment returns. Over the last four years, they have probably been happy to see many of these stocks earn outsized gains.

What investors may have forgotten is that some of these are also dividend stocks. Admittedly, some pay negligible dividends, while others have required investors to sacrifice stock price growth for higher dividend returns.

Fortunately, a few pay a dividend well above the S&P 500 average of 1.1% without sacrificing growth. Thanks to AI, these three stocks offer the potential for such gains.

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IBM

International Business Machines (IBM -1.14%) has revived its tech business in recent years by pivoting more heavily into the…