The Race to Run AI From Space

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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SpaceX and Blue Origin are trying to move the trillion-dollar data-center boom into orbit, but getting there will take a whole lot of cash. Wall Street Journal reporter Micah Maidenberg lays out what’s ahead in this new space race. Plus, WSJ reporter Ellen Gamerman explains what’s next for Tilly Norwood, the AI actress who’s shaking up Hollywood. Katie Deighton hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Every organization, government or commercial, is being asked to deliver more with less.
0:05.3	Technology is undeniably the key to making that possible.
0:09.3	We invite you to explore the insights in the tech guide.
0:12.2	Available now at guidehouse.com.
0:18.7	Welcome to Tech News Briefing.
0:21.1	It's Friday, December 12th.
0:23.0	I'm Katie Dayton for The Wall Street Journal.
0:25.7	Have you heard about Tilly Norwood, the actress primed to take Hollywood by storm?
0:29.8	She's beautiful, she's adaptable, and she's not real.
0:33.8	We investigate why a former actress spent months generating the perfect AI counterpart
0:39.3	and became the talk of Hollywood in the process.
0:42.3	Then we're exploring the new frontier of orbital data centers.
0:46.3	Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are leading the push to take the gigantic infrastructure required to power AI
0:52.3	and launch it into space. Stay tuned to find out how
0:56.6	what sounds like a science fiction dream may become a reality. But first, Tilly Norwood is a
1:06.5	brown-haired, brown-eyed, 24-year-old actress, who would have big dreams if she was sentient.
1:13.4	She's an AI-generated creation that took six months to build and garnered more than a few
1:18.3	negative headlines when she was revealed to the world as the first AI movie star.
1:23.4	But not much is known about Tilly's creator or what her career prospects might look like from here.
1:29.4	WSJ reporter Ellen Gabberman has been working to find out.
1:33.6	So, Alan, tell us about Tilly.
1:35.9	Does she have any discernible personality traits aside from being astoundingly beautiful?
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