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WSJ What’s News

Why Corporate America Is Now Rationing AI

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

P.M. Edition for May 29. Across industries, companies have been telling their employees to use more AI in their work. Now, as compute prices go through the roof, WSJ deputy tech bureau chief Brad Olson discusses how these companies are trying to scale it back. Plus, a federal judge puts a temporary pause on President Trump’s “anti-weaponization fund” amid a legal challenge. And move over Los Angeles—big film and TV studios are setting up shop in New Jersey. We hear from Journal entertainment reporter Ben Fritz about what’s drawing them to the Garden State. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:33.6

Companies wanted their workers to use more AI until it started costing too much.

0:39.3

There's lots of queries that were happening at companies that were costing lots of tokens

0:44.3

for these essentially useless or queries that could have been free.

0:49.7

Plus, a federal judge puts a temporary pause on the creation of President Trump's quote anti-weaponization fund.

0:56.6

And why film studios are rushing to set up shop in New Jersey?

1:01.0

It's Friday, May 29th.

1:03.0

I'm Alex O'Silliv for the Wall Street Journal.

1:05.5

This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

1:18.6

We begin today's show in Virginia, where a federal judge has hit pause on the Trump administration's

1:24.1

$1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund because of a legal challenge to stop it.

1:29.6

The order temporarily prevents officials from transferring money into it or paying claims out of it.

1:35.0

The Justice Department didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.

1:39.0

And in another legal ruling against Trump today, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., said that the

1:44.0

president's name

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