Amrith Ramkumar
@amrithramkumar.bsky.social
I’m a reporter for The Wall Street Journal covering tech and crypto policy
OpenAI and other leading AI labs are getting a flurry of queries about making biological weapons and poisons, worrying administration officials and experts who see the trend as one of the next big risks associated with AI: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
AI Chatbots Know How to Make Deadly Biological Weapons. Some Will Teach You.
AI companies play a cat-and-mouse game, trying to boost the capabilities of their creations while scrambling to block answers to dangerous queries.
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The only thing growing faster than the AI industry may be Americans’ negative feelings about it. Fears about energy prices, job losses, and the impact on children are fueling the growing backlash: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-...
The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam
Booed commencement speakers, blocked data centers, plummeting poll numbers: The fast-growing industry has a faster-growing crisis.
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On a recent call with the top AI CEOs, JD Vance warned that models like Mythos pose cyber threats to small town banks and hospitals. Now a chaotic White House response has allies worried more regulation lies ahead: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/trum...
How Anthropic’s Mythos Threw the White House AI Strategy Into Chaos
The administration’s effort to be involved in rollouts marks a shift from a hands-off approach.
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Anthropic wants to expand access to its powerful Mythos model, but the White House opposes the move. The relationship remains complicated despite recent steps to de-escalate the conflict: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/whit...
White House Opposes Anthropic’s Plan to Expand Access to Mythos Model
The relationship between the administration and the company is still complicated despite efforts from both sides to ease tensions.
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Trump is sticking with his industry-friendly approach to AI despite polls showing voters want regulation. It's a strategy MAGA allies worry will hurt Republicans in the midterms: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-p...
At David Sacks’s Behest, White House Barrels Forward on Industry-Friendly AI Policy
In the run-up to the midterms, the Trump administration is planning to emphasize AI’s economic benefits, but some allies are warning of political blowback.
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The AI industry is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the midterms, bringing the battle over tech regulation to races around the country. A Congressional campaign in Manhattan shows how messy it can be: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The New York Congressional Race Turning Into a Bitter AI War
Groups opposed to strict AI regulations are pouring about $265 million into the 2026 elections; Alex Bores is one target of negative ads.
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Trump-friendly investors in the deal to keep TikTok alive in the U.S. are paying the administration a $10 billion fee for arranging the transaction. The deal valued the entity operating TikTok at $14 billion. Our Friday scoop: www.wsj.com/tech/tiktok-...
Exclusive | Trump Administration Set to Receive $10 Billion Fee for Brokering TikTok Deal
Investors in the social-media platform’s U.S. business agreed to give the government several multibillion-dollar payments, sources said.
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Minutes after authorizing Iran strikes that used Claude, Trump ended Anthropic’s federal work. In their first meeting days earlier, Hegseth cut Dario off to say he was in charge. Our deep dive into the Anthropic-Pentagon saga: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
A ‘Fight About Vibes’ Drove the Pentagon’s Breakup with Anthropic
The AI giant’s CEO Dario Amodei and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have contrasting personalities and worldviews.
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The AI backlash now spans red and blue areas from Arizona to Virginia, fueling fights over data-center construction while challenging Trump's industry-friendly tech strategy: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
These Rural Americans Are Trying to Hold Back the Tide of AI
Fearing rising utility costs, job losses and privacy violations, residents have blocked or delayed data-center projects around the country.
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Jamie Dimon told Coinbase's Brian Armstrong he is " full of s—" in Davos. Other bank execs blew him off. Inside their high-stakes policy fight with big implications for the future of finance: www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
The Crypto CEO Who’s Become Enemy No. 1 on Wall Street
Coinbase chief Brian Armstrong is clashing with Jamie Dimon and other bank stewards over the future of finance.
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TSMC is maybe the most important company few people have heard about. The chip manufacturer's expansion plans outside Taiwan have huge implications for the economy and the U.S.-China relationship: www.wsj.com/tech/taiwan-...
Taiwan’s Flagship Chip Maker Charts a Future Beyond Taiwan
TSMC has for decades provided a “Silicon Shield” to its namesake island. Now it sees both business and geopolitical reasons for going big in the U.S.
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At an Oval Office meeting in November, Jensen Huang told Trump the patchwork of state rules could cost the U.S. the AI race. Shortly afterward, Trump suggested an executive order that’s now a flashpoint in MAGA world: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-...
The Silicon Valley Campaign to Win Trump Over on AI Regulation
The debate marks a major flashpoint in Republican politics, stoking tension that could shape the party’s approach to AI in the midterm elections.
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A few months ago, Jensen Huang said he disagreed with almost everything Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said. Now he is investing $10 billion in Amodei's company as the AI dealmaking spree continues: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvid...
Nvidia, Microsoft Pour $15 Billion Into Anthropic for New AI Alliance
Anthropic also commits to purchase $30 billion from Microsoft’s cloud computing business Azure.
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An under-the-radar policy working its way through Congress has Amazon and Microsoft on one side and key chip designer Nvidia on the other. It's an unusual split that shows chip export policy is getting messier: www.wsj.com/tech/amazon-...
Exclusive | Amazon and Microsoft Back Effort That Would Restrict Nvidia’s Exports to China
The legislation in Washington would give tech leaders preferential access to chips at their data centers around the world.
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Top Trump advisors shot down the idea of exporting a new Nvidia chip to China before the Trump-XI meeting, a setback for Jensen Huang in his quest to maintain access to the Chinese market: www.wsj.com/world/china/...
Exclusive | Trump Officials Torpedoed Nvidia’s Push to Export AI Chips to China
The president decided against discussing the matter with Chinese leader Xi Jinping after top aides opposed it.
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Jensen Huang and some senior administration officials are frustrated a May deal to send Nvidia chips to the UAE isn't moving forward, increasing pressure on Howard Lutnick to finalize the agreement: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Delays to Trump’s U.A.E. Chips Deal Frustrate Nvidia’s Jensen Huang
The multibillion-dollar deal was announced in May, but Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has since pushed the U.A.E. for certain U.S. investments first.
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Even after the White House said the $100,000 H-1B fee is a one-time payment, Howard Lutnick continues to support an annual fee and officials are still discussing that option. That and more nuggets on the policy in our latest story: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside Trump’s Chaotic Overhaul of the H-1B Visa
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sowed confusion over whether new fees were annual and applicable to existing visa holders.
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The Trump administration is expected to get a multibillion-dollar fee from investors in the TikTok deal, the government's latest lucrative deal with the private sector: www.wsj.com/business/dea...
Exclusive | U.S. Government Expected to Get Multibillion-Dollar Fee in TikTok Deal
Fee would be latest example of government getting paid for involvement in private-sector deals.
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One of the only CEOs taking on Trump is now in a battle that could shape the future of AI policy and threaten his government contracts worth billions. Deep dive into the fight between Anthropic's Dario Amodei and AI Czar David Sacks: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-a...
The AI CEO Fighting Trump Over the Future of Technology
A battle between Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and the White House pits worries about safe development against a free-market approach.
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The FTC is getting ready to study the impact of AI chatbots on kids and request documents from tech companies, an initial action on the topic that could lead to further action. W/ @emilyglazer.bsky.social: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ftc-...
Exclusive | FTC Prepares to Grill AI Companies Over Impact on Children
The regulator is expected to send letters to makers of AI chatbots.
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The Truth Social post, the White House meeting and the deal—How Trump took 10% of Intel and CEO Lip-Bu Tan saved his job. Our deep dive on the 2-week fracas: www.wsj.com/tech/inside-...
Exclusive | Inside Intel’s Tricky Dance With Trump
Just five months into his tenure as Intel’s CEO, Lip-Bu Tan was fighting for his job. Getting to a truce with the president was a two-week roller-coaster ride.
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Today's show ... the Trump administration makes a big (unconstitutional?) about-face on China and AI with its NVIDIA deal. With @amrithramkumar.bsky.social slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Trump Dips into NVIDIA’s Chips
The “government should leave private business alone” people sure are oddly quiet about this.
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The relationship between Democrats and Silicon Valley is at its lowest point in a long time. Here's what some are doing to fix it in the Trump era: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Democrats Try to Halt Silicon Valley’s Swing to the Right
Tech executives have been a reliable fundraising source for Democrats. Trump is complicating that.
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How did Jensen Huang change Trump's mind on chip sales to China? By getting him to see the world of AI his way and playing diplomat: www.wsj.com/world/china/...
With Billions at Risk, Nvidia CEO Buys His Way Out of the Trade Battle
Jensen Huang tried diplomacy to sell chips in China, but it took a last-minute deal with the White House.
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Trump's call for the Intel CEO to resign adds to his pattern of weighing in on individual company decisions in unprecedented ways, fueling fear that he will target other executives he doesn't like: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump Reminds CEOs Who the Ultimate Boss Is
The president who ran on his business acumen isn’t holding back in telling corporate bosses how to run their companies—or when to resign.
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The Trump administration is considering a plan to charge patent holders tens of billions of dollars with a new fee. It'd be a radical overhaul of the patent system and their latest attempt to raise revenue: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump Administration Weighs Patent System Overhaul to Raise Revenue
Commerce Department officials are discussing a new fee based on patent value, which could fuel backlash from businesses.
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Overseas taxes and regulations on U.S. tech companies are a sticking point in trade talks with several countries, highlighting Trump's focus on digital trade issues and a potential win for the tech industry: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump Goes to Bat for Big Tech in Global Trade Talks
The administration hopes to use the threat of tariffs and access to the U.S. economy to stop countries from imposing new taxes, regulations and tariffs on U.S. technology firms.
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The White House's latest effort to go after DEI is an attack on "woke AI"—Trump is expected to ban biased AI companies from working with the government in an executive order: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/whit...
Exclusive | White House Prepares Executive Order Targeting ‘Woke AI’<br>
The order would be one of several expected to be released outlining the president’s vision for winning the AI race with China.
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The US is changing a landmark deal to send Nvidia chips to the UAE due to national-security concerns. Now no chips will go directly to UAE firm G42, a change showing the challenges to Trump's AI agenda. Scoop w/ @eliotwb.bsky.social: www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | National-Security Concerns Tie Up Trump’s U.A.E. Chips Deal
Some administration officials worry China could get access to advanced Nvidia chips and are holding up efforts to iron out the agreement.
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Jensen Huang told Trump his company needed freer access to global customers to stay ahead of Chinese competitors like Huawei. 4 days later, Nvidia had approvals it had been seeking for months: www.wsj.com/tech/nvidia-...
Nvidia Wins OK to Sell AI Chip to China Again After CEO Meets Trump
The U.S. will grant licenses for the H20 chip after it had announced restrictions in April.
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