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Plus: Walmart says it will keep hiring developers as the company revamps its workforce for the AI era. And Rivian narrows its 2025 delivery guidance. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Samsung and SK Hynix strike an agreement with OpenAI for its Stargate project. And Tesla sales rise in the third quarter. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Taliban accused of cutting off internet in Afghanistan. And the U.S. to take equity stake in Lithium Americas and its Nevada mining project. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Stellantis expands its partnership with Mistral to speed up AI adoption across its operations. And automakers brace for a plunge in EV sales after tax credit expires. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: CoreWeave and Meta sign $14.2 billion AI cloud infrastructure deal. And FuboTV shareholders approve Disney streaming deal. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: DeepSeek releases a new AI model that could cut usage cost in half. And YouTube agrees to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by President Trump over the suspension of his account. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One big drawback of generative artificial intelligence is the vast energy and water that data centers use to power it. But AI also promises to save energy and fuel across industries such as transportation, manufacturing and building maintenance. Amy Myers Jaffe, director of the Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab at New York University, tells us how AI could save as much energy as it u...

Plus: The company also plans to release a new version of its Sora video generator that will require copyright holders to opt out. And the White House targets China’s tech sector by expanding its trade blacklist. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Comcast says its president will serve as co-CEO with longtime Chief Executive Brian Roberts. And tech-bubble fears rise in Deutsche Bank investor poll. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Researchers say coordinated bot campaigns on social-media platforms are becoming more prevalent due to generative AI. And Mistral’s CEO says business data will play a critical role in improving its AI models. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Meta plans to launch an ad-free version of Facebook and Instagram in the U.K. And Baidu wants driverless robotaxis in Dubai by next year. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Google X, the tech giant’s “moonshot factory,” is an enigmatic division that has pushed through ideas like Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car unit. It’s also chalked up a lot of innovations that haven’t seen the light of day. The WSJ Leadership Institute’s Wendy Bounds lifts the lid on how it builds failure into its workflow. Plus, WSJ reporter Kris Maher goes looking for a proposed-but-delayed $2...

Plus: Amazon reaches $2.5 billion settlement with FTC over allegations it misled Prime users. And CoreWeave expands its OpenAI agreement to supply data center capacity by $6.5 billion. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: OpenAI and Databricks strike a $100 million deal to sell AI agents. U.S. senators send letters to big tech companies demanding information on H-1B visa usage. Nvidia-backed AI startup Nscale raises $1.1 billion for data-center rollout. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: NASA prepares to send astronauts around the moon as early as February. And tech stocks continue pulling back. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Lithium Americas is in talks with the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors over loan terms. And Alibaba says it will invest more than $53 billion in artificial intelligence. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Amazon Fresh stores to shutter in the U.K. And startups rethink hiring plans following President Trump’s new $100,000 H-1B visa fee. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: ASM International cuts its revenue forecast for the year as demand slows. And Google enters final stretch of digital-advertising antitrust case. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Duolingo’s CEO told staff he wanted the company to become an “AI-first” business, critics questioned if it was a euphemism for human layoffs. The WSJ Leadership Institute’s Belle Lin gets an update on how the pivot is working in practice. Also, workplace reporter Ray A. Smith explains how changes to the H-1B visa program sent the tech industry spiraling. Katie Deighton hosts. Sign up for the...

Plus: Citigroup to pilot new agentic capabilities in its proprietary AI platform. And Indian tech stocks fall as President Trump’s new U.S. visa rules weigh on the sector. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Oracle names co-CEOs as longtime Chief Executive Safra Catz transitions to a new role. And T-Mobile names COO Srini Gopalan as its next CEO. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Porsche cuts its guidance again and delays launch of some new EV models. And Pony AI is set to hit a major profitability target by early next year. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Nvidia invests $2.7 billion in U.K. AI startup development. And Amazon’s finance teams are relying more on AI. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Music service Spotify has been waging war against Apple’s App Store “tax,” significantly weakening Apple’s grip on the mobile world. Bold Names co-host and WSJ columnist Tim Higgins joins us to discuss. Plus, YouTube is giving its creators access to AI tools , and potentially introducing a lot more AI-generated content into users’ feeds. Belle Lin hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsl...

Plus: Meta approaches media companies about AI content-licensing deals. And Huawei plans to release new AI chips over the next few years. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices