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Plus: TikTok to lay off hundreds of U.K. content moderators in AI push. And ESPN and MLB are closing in on a three-year streaming deal worth around $1.65 billion. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Plus: The Trump administration considers taking equity stakes in companies receiving funds from the 2022 Chips Act. And AI spurs funding rebounds for healthtech startups. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Meta Platforms, Google and Apple pledged billions of dollars to make housing more affordable in Silicon Valley. Six years later, the results haven’t lived up to expectations. WSJ reporter Nicole Friedman joins us to explain why. And WSJ personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen share ... Show More

Plus: The Justice Department charges Indian Billionaire Gautam Adani with orchestrating a $250 million bribery scheme. And Elon Musk’s xAI says its latest funding round values it at $50 billion. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about yo ... Show More

Andy Konwinski is pledging $100 million of his own money for a new kind of institute to fund researchers. It's already backed Ion Stoica's new lab. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

In the battle for AI supremacy, Meta’s models have lagged. Now CEO Mark Zuckerberg is racing to hire new AI talent to close the gap with rivals. He’s dangling huge pay packages to lure experts away from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. WSJ’s Meghan Bobrowsky explains how Meta’s AI ... Show More

Plus: Amazon invests another $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic. U.K. regulators suggest investigating Apple and Google over their dominance in smartphones. J.R. Whalen reports. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone. ... Show More

Upwork Inc., the world’s largest human and AI-powered work marketplace, has facilitated more than $25 billion in economic opportunity for talent around the world. The online recruitment company this week reported second-quarter results that beat expectations and also raised its f ... Show More

Plus, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pressing U.S. trade officials to help fight an expected European Union ruling that could undermine its ad business. And Softbank agrees to lead $40 billion funding for OpenAI. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Lear ... Show More

Plus - Flip, the TikTok Shop rival, launches a creator fund that grants up to $100M of equity; Kodiak has made its first driverless truck deliveries to customer Atlas Energy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Tech entrepreneur Amjad Masad joins Tucker for the deepest and most interesting explanation of AI you’ll ever see.  (00:00) Artificial Intelligence(10:00) Bitcoin(22:30) The Extropians Cult(31:15) Transhumanism(42:52) Are Machines Capable of Thinking?(47:38) The Difference Betwee ... Show More

A.M. Edition for Jan. 22. Prominent tech executives, including OpenAI’s Sam Altman and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, pledge to spend up to half a trillion dollars to build out AI infrastructure in the U.S. over the next four years. Plus, WSJ reporter Marcus Walker joins us from Isr ... Show More

Plus: Kamala Harris leans on elite Silicon Valley donors to pull in more than $13 million at a fundraiser in San Francisco. And, Disney unveils plans for billions of dollars in theme-park expansions. Kate Bullivant hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter.   Learn mor ... Show More