I think the potential of Agenic is to rethink how work gets done overall.

It challenges all sorts of traditional orthodoxies around how organizations execute the work at hand.

That's Jason Gersatus, CEO of Deloitte U.S., talking about the transformational potential of A.Gentic AI.

Join him later to learn why agents are a game changer for businesses across industries.

Here's your morning brief for Tuesday, May 19th. I'm Daniel Bach for the Wall Street Journal.

Oil prices are sliding today on the prospect of a potential peace deal between Iran and the U.S.

That's after President Trump said he would hold off on a planned U.S. attack on Iran at the request of Gulf leaders, with serious talks with Tehran to end the war now taking place.

In a social media post, Trump said he asked military leaders to stop strikes that were set for today.

But he said a full-scale attack could go ahead on a

moment's notice if an acceptable deal isn't reached. We're exclusively reporting that Google and

investment firm Blackstone are planning to launch an AI cloud company using Google's specialized chips.

Blackstone will be the majority owner of the unnamed company and is providing $5 billion in equity capital.

The company will mark Google's biggest attempt yet to take on rival Nvidia by selling its own chips.

Google and Blackstone said the aim is to bring 500 megawatts of capacity online next year,

roughly the same amount of electricity needed to power a mid-sized city.

And in New York, unions representing Long Island Railroad workers have reached a deal with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority,

ending the three-day strike that brought the country's busiest commuter railroad to a halt.

Faced train services will resume today at noon, but the MTA is advising people to work from home

again today while service

is being fully restored. Asian stocks ended the day higher with European stocks also gaining in

midday trading, and U.S. stock futures are pointing to a higher open ahead of earnings from

Home Depot. And we have a lot more coverage of the day's news on the WSJ's What's News podcast.

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