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Articles from www.wsj.com

As many companies cut AI costs by using cheaper models, some, like Shopify, go all-in on frontier models, barring engineers from using anything else (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-20 AI Shopify

A profile of businessman Sebastian Rucci, whose past ventures were subject to legal probes, as he bids to build California's biggest data center, a $10B project (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-19 California

Sources: CIA operative Jonny Gannon spied on G42 to probe its China ties and helped the UAE gain expanded access to US AI chips by allaying US suspicions (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-19 China AI

Prediction market political betting on insider info spreads in DC; sources: WH lawyers raised alarms over anonymous Polymarket bets on the Iran ceasefire timing (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-19 Iran

Sources: AI inference chip startup Etched is raising funds at a ~$20B valuation and is raising capital at a $10B valuation in a separate round led by Sequoia (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-18 Startup AI

Sources: Coatue is leading a $3B investment in Databricks that values the data analytics software startup at $188B, a 40% increase from its December valuation (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-18 Startup

Sources: SpaceX is in talks with the DOD about providing the agency with access to data-center capacity worth billions of dollars for running AI models (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-18 AI SpaceX

Sources: Dave Brown, former SVP of AWS Compute, AI, and Platform, will join Meta in the coming weeks, where he will work on the company's data center build-out (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-17 AI

Sources: Coatue is leading a $3B investment in Databricks that values the data analytics software company at $188B, a 40% increase from its December valuation (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-17

Hyundai's South Korea auto workers have gone on a partial strike over wages, AI, and the prospect of it deploying Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot in factories (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-16 Korea AI Robot Boston Dynamics

AI execs are bolstering personal security amid rising AI opposition; Liferaft: digital threats against execs and data centers grew 7x from late February to May (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-16 AI

Hyundai's South Korea auto workers have gone on a partial strike over wages, AI, and the prospect of the company deploying its new humanoid robot in factories (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-16 Korea AI Robot

How TikTok Shop sellers are using AI creators and AI twins to boost sales; eMarketer: US sales on TikTok Shop are expected to hit $23.4B in 2026, up 48% YoY (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-16 AI

China enacts rules forbidding companionship chatbots from encouraging emotional reliance, banning virtual relationships with minors, and more (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-15 China chatbot

The UAE gained broader US AI chip access after aiding the US in the Iran war, letting G42 buy freely for at least nine months; G42 plans to become a US company (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-15 AI Iran

Meta is sued by 26 current and former employees, who allege its use of AI in May layoffs unfairly targeted workers with disabilities or on protected leave (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-15 AI Layoffs

Chinese startup DFSX launches an AI chip that it claims uses a fully domestic supply chain and is built on a 14nm process, but says it can rival 4nm chips (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-15 China Startup AI

Discount airline Frontier partners with Starlink to offer Wi-Fi for the first time from early 2027, as it targets customers willing to pay for premium travel (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-14

Sources: Shein is targeting a $40B+ valuation after winning Beijing's approval for a Hong Kong IPO, set for as early as Q3; Shein canceled its US IPO in 2024 (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-13 Hong Kong IPO

Eating disorder therapists say patients are increasingly using AI chatbots for advice, while AI also appears to be directing more patients to helplines (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-13 AI chatbot

A look at ADI Predictstreet's troubled launch, marked by tiny trading volumes, withdrawal bugs, and other issues, as it tried to challenge Kalshi and Polymarket (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-13

A look at the growing anti-AI movement in the Bay Area, as the disappearance of Sam Kirchner, co-founder of a hard-line activist group, has the movement on edge (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-12 AI

A look at Bending Spoons' hiring process: the company, which owns Vimeo, AOL, and Evernote, received 800,000 job applications last year and made only 286 hires (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-12 Evernote

Sources detail the Trump admin's heavy-handed intervention to aid Intel, including pushing it to expand local capacity and pressuring Apple to use Intel's fabs (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-11 Trump Intel Apple

An RIAA-led coalition representing labels and artists proposes two tags for AI content: one for entirely AI-generated songs and another for “AI-assisted” tracks (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-10 AI

Fidji Simo says she has decided to leave her full-time role at OpenAI and transition to being a part-time adviser after her medical condition worsened (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-10

Sources: Netflix executives are increasingly worried about declining engagement and are exploring adding live TV and bundling streaming services like Peacock (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-10 Netflix

Companies are mobilizing internal groups of “AI champions” to drive adoption; BCG says 74% of front-line employees now use AI regularly, up from 51% in 2025 (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-9 AI

Chinese autonomous driving company Momenta saw a muted trading debut in its Hong Kong IPO, valuing the company at ~$9B, after raising $751M (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-9 China Hong Kong IPO

Apple says it reached a $30B+ deal with Broadcom to produce 15B chips on US soil in the next five years, its largest pledge as part of its $600B US investments (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-8 Apple

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