Yum Brands has worked to consolidate customer data for its Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC and Habit Burger Grill brands on.wsj.com/3xflJNU on.wsj.com/3xflJNU

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Mistral AI, Hugging Face and others are betting they can stand up to OpenAI and big tech firms by making their technology open source—but it could lead to more risk than reward, Belle Lin reports. wsj.com/articles/open-…

The IT job market in the U.S. is expected to shrink by another 20,000 to 30,000 jobs in 2024, while AI accelerates the automation of some tech jobs on.wsj.com/3Vg662C on.wsj.com/3Vg662C

War of tweets between prominent venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Vinod Khosla underscores opposing views over how generative AI should be developed and distributed.

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AI chatbots designed to help hackers, using manipulated versions of models from companies like Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic, are being sold on the dark web (Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal)

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Looking to leverage cutting-edge AI, companies are taking steps to secure their chips and hardware, even as they remain optimistic about future availability wsj.com/articles/armor… The Wall Street Journal Isabelle Bousquette Belle Lin

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The semiconductor industry is using generative artificial intelligence to accelerate chip design—a process that has become more time-consuming and complex just as demand picks up, Belle Lin reports. wsj.com/articles/desig…

Companies are testing whether generative AI can help bring their legacy technology from the 1950s to the modern era on.wsj.com/3vTFud5 on.wsj.com/3vTFud5

Amid a global race for semiconductor supremacy, joint U.S.-China research finds promise in graphene—the same substance found in common pencil lead on.wsj.com/3ShiBsX on.wsj.com/3ShiBsX

Data from the Department of Labor shows the US IT sector grew by only 700 jobs over 2023, down from 267,000 jobs added in 2022, despite the AI boom (Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal)

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What did companies do with generative AI in 2023? Here are five early adopters who say the benefits of the technology are already here on.wsj.com/48z0ofD on.wsj.com/48z0ofD

Meta Platforms and IBM launched a coalition of over 50 AI companies and research institutions that are pushing a so-called open model of AI, hoping to gain traction in a fast-growing market on.wsj.com/3GutpNx on.wsj.com/3GutpNx

OpenAI's competitors say the AI startup's five-day leadership drama has created opportunities in the marketplace they hope to exploit on.wsj.com/49Gg41U

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Companies Tried to Spend Less on Cloud. Then AI Showed Up. Analysis from Belle Lin and Isabelle Bousquette wsj.com/articles/compa… via The Wall Street Journal

Listen 🎧: The AI boom uses a lot of energy. That has more companies turning to alternatives. Belle Lin has more. Plus, from electric vehicles to the solar build out, demand for really big trees is rising. Ryan Dezember explains. Annmarie Fertoli hosts.

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Businesses weighing the risks and benefits of generative AI are running up against a challenge social-media platforms have long wrestled with: preventing technology from being hijacked for malicious ends on.wsj.com/3QuT5zw

When it comes to artificial intelligence, there seems to be more questions than answers. Here’s a guide to some of the most important concepts behind AI. on.wsj.com/48NQFDf

The rise of generative AI within companies often starts at the top with chief executives, making it different from other business tech booms typically led by technologists on.wsj.com/3EZ6kSk