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WSJ Tech News Briefing

TNB Tech Minute: Google Strikes AI Deal With Pentagon

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: Spotify added first quarter subscribers, but its outlook underwhelmed investors. And the FDA wants to use AI to speed up drug trials. Danny Lewis hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I think the potential of Agenic is to rethink how work gets done overall. It challenges all sorts

0:06.5

of traditional orthodoxies around how organizations execute the work at hand. That's Jason Gersatus,

0:12.6

CEO of Deloitte U.S., talking about the transformational potential of Agenic AI. Join him later to

0:19.0

learn why agents are a game changer for businesses across industries.

0:24.4

Here's your afternoon T&B Tech Minute for Tuesday, April 28th. I'm Danny Lewis for the Wall Street

0:30.0

Journal. Google has agreed to let the U.S. Defense Department use its AI tools in classified settings,

0:36.5

becoming the third AI company to reach a deal in recent weeks.

0:40.3

People familiar with the matter say the Tech Giants Agreement essentially allows the Pentagon to use its AI in all lawful scenarios,

0:47.5

but not for domestic mass surveillance or autonomous weapons.

0:51.4

Google's deal is similar to those struck by OpenAI and Elon Musk's XAI in recent

0:56.5

weeks, following Anthropics feud with the department over clear guardrails on the technology's use.

1:02.5

News Corp, owner of the Wall Street Journal, has a content licensing partnership with OpenAI

1:06.8

and a commercial agreement to supply content on Google platforms.

1:11.3

Spotify added premium subscribers in its first quarter as the streaming service raised prices

1:16.3

and continued expanding audio and video content available on the platform.

1:21.0

The company says its monthly active users grew to 761 million, up 12% from a year earlier

1:27.1

and beating its prior guidance.

1:29.1

Its premium subscribers increased by 9%.

1:31.7

But its performance wasn't music to investors' ears.

1:35.9

Spotify's shares tumbled about 13% by midday as its forecast underwhelmed.

1:41.5

And the U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to use AI to accelerate clinical trials of new medicines.

1:48.0

The agency is planning a pilot program this summer to streamline the process of collecting and submitting study data.

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