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WSJ Tech News Briefing

Don’t Want to Use AI? You’re Fired

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Companies are firing workers who aren’t sufficiently on-board with the AI revolution. The Wall Street Journal’s Lindsay Ellis explains what this hardline approach looks like Katie Deighton hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

AI is moving faster than ever, transforming industries and redefining possibilities.

0:06.0

That's why the world's most advanced companies build on ARM, scalable, efficient, and trusted by billions.

0:13.0

From the largest cloud to the smallest device, Arm delivers the compute performance AI depends on.

0:19.0

AI innovation is built on ARM.

0:22.2

Find out more at arm.com forward slash discover.

0:30.2

Welcome to Tech News Briefing.

0:34.6

It's Tuesday, November 18th.

0:36.8

I'm Katie Dayton for the Wall Street Journal.

0:39.9

For years, WhatsApp has lost to I-Message in the battle for American texters.

0:44.8

But lately, something has shifted as millions of people start to gravitate towards the

0:49.2

green app for the first time.

0:51.8

We're taking a look at what's changed.

0:57.5

Then, workers have long feared being replaced by AI.

1:01.9

Now, at companies big and small, they're increasingly being shown the door because they're not using AI tools enough.

1:05.8

Stay with us to find out the latest way AI is impacting employees.

1:12.6

But first, if you travel pretty much anywhere internationally,

1:15.6

chances are a tour guide or your Airbnb host will try to get a hold of you on WhatsApp.

1:21.6

But back in the US, the meta-owned messaging app has struggled to gain traction,

1:25.6

as the iPhone's dominance keeps iMessage in prime

1:28.6

position. But that's starting to change. Monthly active iOS users last quarter were up 39%

1:35.9

compared with the same period in 2020, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower.

1:42.3

Our personal technology columnist Nicole Nguyen is here to explain

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