Why Corporate America Is Now Rationing AI

为什么美国企业现在开始对人工智能进行配给?

WSJ What’s News

2026-05-30

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

  • There's lots of queries that were happening at companies

  • that were costing lots of tokens for these essentially useless or, you know, queries that could have been free.

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

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

  • It's Friday, May 29th.

  • I'm Alex Ossola for The Wall Street Journal.

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

  • Today's show in Virginia, where a federal judge has hit pause on the Trump administration's

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

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

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