How AI Can Protect Underwater Cables That Carry Your Internet

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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There are miles and miles of undersea pipelines and cables running atop the ocean floor that are used to carry fuel and transmit data. WSJ contributor William Boston tells host Julie Chang about one company using artificial intelligence to protect this critical infrastructure. Plus, columnists Tim Higgins and Christopher Mims tell us what they learned from talking with Bilt CEO Ankur Jain for the latest season of WSJ’s Bold Names podcast. You can listen to the first episode here. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.9	slash UK slash AI for people. Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Tuesday, February 18th. I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.
0:39.8	There are a lot of undersea pipelines and cables running through the ocean. They're used to carry fuel and transmit data.
0:48.0	But how do we protect this critical infrastructure? We'll hear how one company is using,
0:53.3	that's right, artificial intelligence
0:55.1	in hopes of getting an accurate picture of what's happening on the ocean floor.
1:02.3	But first, credit card rewards are a big business. We all know that little dance you do at the
1:08.8	end of a group dinner to see who's going to use
1:11.1	their card to get those points, or sending referral codes to everyone you know when you've
1:16.0	opened a new card to get that referral bonus. And there are so many card options out there.
1:22.2	One of them is a reward program from FinTech Company, Built Technologies. Customers have already been using the
1:29.8	built card to pay their rent and collect reward points. And Built CEO, Encore Jane, says he's
1:36.5	aiming for mortgages next. Jane joined WSJ columnist Tim Higgins and Christopher Mims on the brand new season of Bold Names,
1:45.8	our sister podcast that brings on the bold named leaders featured in the pages of the Wall
1:50.0	Street Journal to ask them about their businesses and business decisions. Tim and Christopher are
1:55.4	here with me now. Tim Mims, first of all, congrats on the new season. Well, thank you. Yeah,
2:00.8	thanks for having us.
2:02.1	Tell us about your first guest this season.
2:04.0	Encore Jane seems to have some big goals for the company.
2:06.8	Yeah, Encore Jane definitely has big ideas for revolutionizing the way you pay for rent.
2:12.3	You might be familiar with his company because it just seems to be all over TikTok
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