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WSJ Tech News Briefing

Why an AI Boomtown Is Sprouting in an Unlikely Place

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

The Malaysian state of Johor is receiving huge investment in new data centers for artificial intelligence and more conventional cloud computing. WSJ reporter Stu Woo tells host Zoe Thomas why this once backwater location is in demand for tech companies and what it means for the area. Plus, the cutting edge of drone warfare is the front line of Ukraine’s defense against Russia. We’ll tell you about the drone innovations used by Ukraine's military. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:19.7

Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Tuesday October 15th. I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.

0:30.0

It's been more than two and a half years since Russia invaded Ukraine.

0:35.6

And to combat Russia's much larger military, Ukraine is relying on tech,

0:41.2

specifically drones in the war.

0:44.4

We'll tell you about the drone innovations it's made.

0:48.0

And then, many things are being reshaped by artificial intelligence, but nowhere on earth has been physically reshaped by

0:56.1

AI as quickly as the Malaysian state of Jahore. Our reporter Stu Wu visited the region and

1:02.2

will join us to talk about what's behind the change.

1:06.1

But first, Ukraine has a smaller military and fewer resources than Russia, but on the front lines of Ukraine's defense,

1:17.6

soldiers and manufacturers are innovating to counter Moscow's battlefield advantages.

1:23.0

Here to tell us more is our reporter Isabel Kohl's.

1:26.0

So Isabelle, from a broad perspective,

1:29.0

what is it about drones in particular

1:32.0

that have made them the focus of innovation in Ukraine?

1:35.0

Well Ukraine is waging an uneven fight against a much bigger and more powerful army

1:41.0

so it's really having to do everything it can to find some sort of

1:46.4

edge on the battlefield and since the early days of the war it's used commercially

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