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Many companies are struggling to scale their AI deployments or even move them past the pilot stage. Often the problem isn't technology, but organizational misalignment around goals, processes and incentives. At the break, join Caroline Roach, Senior Partner, IBM Consulting, to learn why.
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Here's your morning TNB Tech minute for Tuesday, May 19th. I'm Danny Lewis for the Wall Street Journal. We exclusively report that Google and Blackstone plan to create a new artificial intelligence cloud company rivaling the likes of coreweave. The two companies say they expect to launch the unnamed company with $5 billion in equity capital from Blackstone. The venture aims to bring 500 megawatts of capacity online in 2027, about the same amount of electric power required to serve a mid sized city, and substantially increase capacity over time. The new company is Google's biggest attempt yet to sell and monetize its own specialized chips to external parties, sharpening its competition with AI computing market leader Nvidia Electric Vehicle owners could soon face an annual nationwide registration fee to chip in for road repairs. That's if a proposed bill in the House of Representatives becomes law. The bipartisan legislation is part of a funding bill for highway infrastructure and is intended to substitute for the gas tax that contributes about $30 billion a year to maintain the interstate highway system, which EV owners don't pay. The bill proposes charging an annual fee to EV owners that would rise every two years until it hits $150. Owners of Plug in hybrid cars would pay a maximum of $50, but some environmental and EV industry groups say the proposed fee is an unfair premium and would mean electric vehicle drivers could end up paying more than those driving traditional vehicles. And in another WSJ exclusive, we report that Anthropic recently began letting users of its powerful Mythos AI model share cybersecurity threats with others who may face similar vulnerabilities. The new policy is a change from its previous stance amid concerns that limiting access to the information could hurt smaller companies that don't have direct access to the AI model, which is capable of finding software vulnerabilities more efficiently than humans. An Anthropic spokeswoman said that last week the firm began telling the 50 or so large companies and organizations that have access to Mythos that they can share information about cyber threats with other entities as long as it was done responsibly. That's your T and B tech minute. Join us again this afternoon for more
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Scaling AI successfully requires more than the right technology. Here again is Caroline Roach, senior partner, IBM Consulting.
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The biggest thing that we were talking about a year ago is what model to use. And the biggest thing that I'm talking about with my clients now is how do I drive change within my organization?
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Companies able to identify correct and then avoid misalignment will be best positioned to deliver meaningful business value from AI.
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The organizations that are the most successful set very clear targets and have several priorities that are very clear across the enterprise. The technology is really good, but if you're not changing your organizational alignment, not incentivizing your people correctly, not looking at workflows, you're not going to see real value with it.
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Visit IBM.com think leadership to learn how building organizational alignment can help deliver AI deployments that scale and drive growth.
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Date: May 19, 2026
Host: Danny Lewis for The Wall Street Journal
In this episode of the WSJ Tech Minute, host Danny Lewis highlights breaking news about a major new AI cloud venture between Google and Blackstone, legislative shifts for electric vehicle owners, and updates from Anthropic about AI-driven cybersecurity. Expert insights on the challenges of scaling artificial intelligence within organizations punctuate the episode, emphasizing the importance of organizational alignment over pure technology choices.
Announcement: Google and Blackstone plan to launch an unnamed artificial intelligence cloud company intended to compete directly with established AI infrastructure providers such as CoreWeave.
Investment & Capacity: Blackstone is contributing $5 billion in equity capital to the venture. The company aims to deliver 500 megawatts of capacity online by 2027—enough electric power to serve a mid-sized city—with plans for further expansion.
Strategic Shift: This marks Google’s largest foray into openly selling and monetizing its own specialized chips to third parties, intensifying its rivalry with Nvidia, the current leader in AI computing.
Memorable Moment:
"The new company is Google’s biggest attempt yet to sell and monetize its own specialized chips to external parties, sharpening its competition with AI computing market leader Nvidia."
— Danny Lewis (00:40)
Legislation Update: The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a bill to require electric vehicle (EV) owners to pay an annual registration fee, replacing the fuel tax revenue lost as EV adoption increases.
Fee Structure: The fee would incrementally rise over two years to reach $150 for EVs and $50 for plug-in hybrids.
Industry Concerns: Environmental groups and EV industry leaders voice concerns, arguing the proposed fees could mean EV drivers pay more annual road use costs than owners of traditional vehicles.
Memorable Quote:
"Some environmental and EV industry groups say the proposed fee is an unfair premium and would mean electric vehicle drivers could end up paying more than those driving traditional vehicles."
— Danny Lewis (01:33)
Policy Change: Anthropic, a leading AI company, now allows its 'Mythos' AI model users to share information about cybersecurity threats with other organizations, responding to needs for broader collaborative defense against cyberattacks.
Access: Previously, sharing was restricted, but the company recognized that limiting threat intel could disadvantage smaller firms.
Responsible Sharing: The new rule enables secure and responsible dissemination of threat intelligence, potentially improving collective cyber resilience.
Key Segment:
"The new policy is a change from its previous stance amid concerns that limiting access to the information could hurt smaller companies that don't have direct access to the AI model, which is capable of finding software vulnerabilities more efficiently than humans."
— Danny Lewis (01:54)
Commentary by Caroline Roach, IBM Consulting
Notable Quotes:
"The biggest thing that we were talking about a year ago is what model to use. And the biggest thing that I'm talking about with my clients now is how do I drive change within my organization?"
— Caroline Roach (02:36)
"The organizations that are the most successful set very clear targets and have several priorities that are very clear across the enterprise. The technology is really good, but if you're not changing your organizational alignment, not incentivizing your people correctly, not looking at workflows, you're not going to see real value with it."
— Caroline Roach (02:53)
This Tech Minute delivers a pulse check on the evolving AI infrastructure race, the policy landscape for EV adoption, and changing best practices in AI-driven cybersecurity. Caroline Roach’s practical insights on organizational transformation underline a central theme: technology breakthroughs are only as effective as the companies’ capacity to align people, processes, and purpose.