WSJ Tech News Briefing

Plus: Alaska Airlines cancels hundreds of flights after a technology outage. And Santee Cooper is in talks to sell inactive nuclear reactors to Brookfield Asset Management to power AI data centers. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Anthropic expands Google Cloud partnership to access 1 million chips. And U.K. car manufacturing falls in wake of Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has been on a dealmaking blitz with some of the world’s largest, most important AI players such as Nvidia and SoftBank. But there are risks to his high-stakes tactics, as WSJ reporter Berber Jin explains. Plus, WSJ Heard on the Street columnist Jinjoo Lee discusses how retailers might be threatened by ChatGPT’s new direct-purchasing feature. Belle Lin hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: European aerospace and defense companies Airbus, Leonardo and Thales join forces to take on SpaceX. And Intel shows progress in its turnaround effort as it reports sales growth. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Amazon tests new robots and AI tools in its warehouses and delivery vans. And China releases a five-year plan that includes becoming more self-sufficient technologically. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: An amended lawsuit against OpenAI alleges the company twice loosened ChatGPT’s rules on discussing suicide. And Meta cuts about 600 jobs in its AI division, but won’t impact TBD Lab. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Tinder rolls out safety feature requiring users to scan their faces. And crypto-trading firm FalconX to acquire ETF manager 21shares. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Coinbase to acquire crypto-investing platform Echo for $375 million. And cooling-equipment maker XNRGY gets financial backing from Decarbonization Partners. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology reports higher quarterly profit. And a former antitrust official predicts regulatory scrutiny of energy deals to power data centers. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the big winners of the artificial-intelligence boom, Oracle, is facing hard questions from investors and analysts about how it plans to pay for an expensive expansion of its AI infrastructure. WSJ Heard on the Street columnist Dan Gallagher joins us to discuss where Oracle is coming up short. Plus, WSJ reporter Robert McMillan explains how those ubiquitous toll-scam text messages work and why you should never click the link. Belle Lin hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Subscriber cancellations of Disney+ and Hulu doubled in September following “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” suspension. And a second proxy advisory firm recommends Tesla shareholders reject CEO Elon Musk’s proposed $1 trillion pay package. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Automakers’ lack of parts leaves thousands of Ford and Jeep employees collecting unemployment. And the U.K. competition regulator raises concerns over Getty Images and Shutterstock’s $3.7 billion merger. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Goldman Sachs goes after a bigger share of the AI infrastructure financing boom with a new team. And a proxy adviser urges Tesla investors to reject a $1 trillion pay package for CEO Elon Musk. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: The auto industry is panicking about a potentially damaging supply-chain disruption after the Dutch government took control of Chinese-owned chip maker Nexperia. And a teenage girl sues the maker of fake-nude software. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OpenAI’s Sora and other generative-AI video apps that can create a digital lookalike in minutes have taken social media by storm. WSJ personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen joins us to discuss how our likenesses are no longer our own in the AI era. Plus, Heard on the Street columnist Jinjoo Lee explains how the AI bubble could really be in energy stocks. Julie Chang hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica reports best quarter yet, says consumer appetite for AI glasses remains strong. And Foxconn shares rise after chairman meets with OpenAI and plans to meet with Nvidia. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: HPE stocks drop after projecting slower revenue growth for fiscal year 2026. And Singapore’s GIC files a U.S. lawsuit against NIO for allegedly inflating its securities value. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Bank of America highlights continued momentum from tech and artificial intelligence investments. And ASML logs better-than-expected orders amid continued AI frenzy. Finally, Workday plans to set up an AI-focused research center in Ireland. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: BlackRock’s AI consortium acquires Aligned Data Centers in a $40 billion deal. And driverless taxis head to London. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: Walmart will sell products directly on ChatGPT. And the EU’s trade chief says China’s latest export controls on rare-earth materials are a concern for European companies. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices