Tech News Briefing

Today is the Super Bowl 🏈! Before you huddle up for the big game, we're bringing you an episode of What's News Sunday we thought you might enjoy. Host Alex Ossola, along with Journal reporters Katie Deighton and Suzanne Vranica, are taking a look at the Super Bowl's other main event: the ads.

The annual game is the world's most high-stakes advertising showcase, and this year, artificial intelligence will be front and center. AI titans like OpenAI and Anthropic will feature their own ads as the race for name recognition ramps up. Tune in to hear how AI is rewriting the playbook for the future of the advertising industry.

And if you enjoy the episode, be sure to check out the What’s News podcast.

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Plus: The Justice Department probes Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Discovery’s studios and HBO Max streaming service. And a jury orders Uber to pay $8.5 million in passenger sexual assault case. Julie Chang hosts.

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Plus: Trump’s tax law cuts Amazon’s corporate tax bill by more than half. And Stellantis books $26 billion charges over bad EV bets. Julie Chang hosts.

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Things have been getting weird on the internet. WSJ reporter Angel Au-Yeung explains what’s behind Moltbook—the viral social network where AI assistants are talking to each other—and how it got started. Plus, WSJ reporter Isabelle Bousquette shares how AI is helping Olympic snowboarder Maddie Mastro improve her jump trick. Belle Lin hosts.

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Plus: Amazon to spend $200 billion as it accelerates AI projects. And Nvidia warns the Trump administration that chip export rules to China are too strict. Julie Chang hosts.

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Plus: Spotify will sell physical books in the U.S. and U.K. And Germany fines Amazon over price-filtering tools. Julie Chang hosts.

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But Google beats Wall Street expectations. And Snap posts a profit of $45 million, compared with $9 million a year earlier. Julie Chang hosts.

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Plus: Uber’s fourth-quarter profit falls. And AI voice startup ElevenLabs raises $500 million. Julie Chang hosts.

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Plus: Shares of European legal publishing companies RELX and Wolters Kluwer fall after Anthropic releases new AI legal tools. And the selloff expands to data-providers like S&P Global and FactSet. Julie Chang hosts.

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Plus: French authorities raid X’s Paris office amid probe into deepfakes. And Spain will ban social-media access for children under 16. Julie Chang hosts.

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