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WSJ Tech News Briefing, page 3
by The Wall Street Journal · English
Tech News Briefing is your guide to what people in tech are talking about. Every weekday, we’ll bring you breaking tech news and scoops from the pros at the Wall Street Journal, insight into new innovations and policy debates, tips from our personal tech team, and exclusive interviews with movers and shakers in the industry.
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TNB Tech Minute: Alibaba Unveils New AI Chip
A Wall Street Journal “TNB Tech Minute” covering Alibaba’s new AI chip, a lawsuit involving OpenAI, and a venture-backed alternative to college.
22 Sep 2026 · 2m · 3 chaptersPolymarket’s Rush to Grow at All Costs
The episode covers two stories: (1) landfill labor shortages and the shift to remote/autonomous heavy machinery, and (2) Polymarket’s rapid growth and resulting compliance, fraud, and engineering…
22 Sep 2026 · 11m · 2 chaptersTNB Tech Minute: Meta’s Stock Soars as New AI Agent Gathers Steam
A Wall Street Journal “TNB Tech Minute” covering tech and AI news.
21 Sep 2026 · 2m · 3 chaptersTNB Tech Minute: Bitcoin Surges Above $85,000
A Wall Street Journal “TNB Tech Minute” covering Bitcoin’s rebound above $85,000 (eight-month high), up nearly 6% after investors shrugged off the failed Clarity Act and a 25 bp Fed rate hike;…
21 Sep 2026 · 2m · 1 chapterAI Therapists Are Here. Are They Safe?
Risks of AI chatbots used for mental health, especially during suicide/crisis; focus on “sycophancy” (overly validating behavior), guardrails, and how safety can fail in long conversations.
19 Sep 2026 · 20m · 16 chaptersTNB Tech Minute: California Gov. Issues Executive Order to Weigh AI Oversight
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs an executive order to increase state oversight of AI safety, including independent safety evaluations for frontier AI labs and a potential “kill switch” for models;…
18 Sep 2026 · 2m · 2 chaptersTNB Tech Minute: Top OpenAI and Microsoft Staff Knew Scraping News Websites was an ‘Existential Threat’
A legal/copyright dispute over AI training data, plus other AI and crypto market updates. Guests: None mentioned; this is a Wall Street Journal “Tech Minute” read by Danny Lewis.
18 Sep 2026 · 2m · 3 chaptersHow OpenAI Built a Billion-Dollar Ad Engine
Two-part WSJ Tech News Briefing. First, how generative AI voice cloning can mimic regional accents (even with ~10 seconds of audio from online sources) and why that familiarity can make people trust…
18 Sep 2026 · 11m · 4 chaptersTNB Tech Minute: The FAA to Use AI to Ease Air-Traffic Woes, Starting in D.C.
WSJ Tech Minute covers (1) the FAA’s plan to launch an AI air-traffic tool in Washington, D.C., and (2) a Senate FTC probe into AI shopping chatbots’ “made in the USA” claims, plus (3) Costco…
17 Sep 2026 · 2m · 2 chaptersTNB Tech Minute: OpenAI Shares New Safety Incidents and Rules for Reporting Them
OpenAI’s new rules for reporting AI “model misalignment” safety incidents; plus AI payments partnerships and a telecom data partnership.
17 Sep 2026 · 2m · 2 chaptersTNB Tech Minute: EU Chief Plans to Curb Children’s Access to Social Media
EU plans a “Kids Act” to curb children’s access to social media, citing mental health harms including self-harm and sleep loss.
16 Sep 2026 · 2m · 4 chaptersTNB Tech Minute: OpenAI Considers Pre-IPO Funding Round at Over $1.2 Trillion Valuation
A Wall Street Journal “TNB Tech Minute” covering OpenAI’s reported early talks with investors about a pre-IPO funding round valuing it above $1.2 trillion, plus major AI partnerships.
16 Sep 2026 · 2m · 3 chaptersTNB Tech Minute: Bessent Responds to AI Safety Concerns
House Financial Services Committee questions Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on AI safety; plus CoinEx shutdown and NHTSA probe of Tesla CyberCab.
15 Sep 2026 · 2m · 3 chaptersTNB Tech Minute: Fed System for Monitoring Banks Suffered Outage Last Month
A Wall Street Journal “Tech Minute” covering (1) a reported Federal Reserve monitoring-system outage affecting both public and internal bank-monitoring tools, including the discount window, and (2)…
15 Sep 2026 · 2m · 1 chapterWhy Tech Leaders Want to Slow Down AI
The episode covers two segments. First, extended-range EVs (EREVs): an EV with a gas generator that charges the battery while the engine has no mechanical connection to the wheels.
15 Sep 2026 · 13m · 4 chaptersTNB Tech Minute: Trump Says AI Regulation Would Benefit China
A tech news minute covering Trump’s stance on AI regulation, NYC school restrictions on YouTube, and a new streaming advocacy coalition.
14 Sep 2026 · 2m · 3 chaptersTNB Tech Minute: AI Executives Call for a Slowdown
AI safety and governance amid calls to slow development; market reaction; plus a separate housing-news item. Guests: No podcast guests are interviewed; the episode cites executives.
14 Sep 2026 · 2m · 3 chaptersIs AI the Answer to America’s Mental-Health Crisis?
Part 1 of “The AI Therapist” series asks whether AI chatbots can help with America’s mental-health crisis amid therapist shortages, or whether people are trusting technology too much in personal…
12 Sep 2026 · 19m · 14 chaptersTNB Tech Minute: Kalshi Looks to Expand Risky ‘Perp’ Trades
Prediction markets platform Kalshi (transcript says “Calci”) plans to seek approval for the US’s first regulated single-stock perpetual futures (“perps”) tied to companies like Tesla, Apple, and…
11 Sep 2026 · 2m · 1 chapterTNB Tech Minute: Anthropic Says Iran Used AI to Target U.S. Military
Anthropic report claims an Iran-linked group used American-developed AI models to target U.S.
11 Sep 2026 · 2m · 1 chapterWe Got Our Hands on Apple’s First Foldable Phone
This Tech News Briefing covers two stories: Apple’s first foldable iPhone, and “traffic” management in low Earth orbit as satellite numbers and debris rise.
11 Sep 2026 · 12m · 5 chaptersTNB Tech Minute: Anthropic Alleges Chinese AI Giants Tried Cloning American AI Models
Anthropic alleges Chinese AI firms cloned U.S. models by routing millions of real user queries to Anthropic’s cloud via intermediaries; some queries included sensitive data (location info, passwords).
10 Sep 2026 · 2m · 3 chaptersTNB Tech Minute: Anthropic Grants EU’s Cybersecurity Agency Access to Mythos 5 Model
TNB Tech Minute covers Anthropic granting the EU cybersecurity agency (Anissa) access to its Mythos 5 AI model; Positron raising $875M at a $5B valuation; and Exumer Energy partnering with RTX to…
10 Sep 2026 · 2m · 1 chapterTNB Tech Minute: Apple Debuts First Foldable iPhone
Apple’s major product event, including its first foldable iPhone, plus brief tech/industry updates.
9 Sep 2026 · 2m · 3 chapters