Isabelle Bousquette
@IsabelleBiscuit
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I write about tech and AI for The Wall Street Journal's New York bureau. Send tips to [email protected]
New York, NY
Joined September 2019
Thanks to a @PulitzerPrizes traveling fellowship from @columbiajourn, I spent last Fall in the Arctic circle, reporting a story about burgeoning internet infrastructure in one of Earth's final digital frontiers. Read now in @WSJ! https://t.co/dM7hv53hRg
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My latest in @WSJ: @PsiQuantum said it raised $1 billion at a $7 billion valuation, an investment that will allow it to break ground on the large-scale quantum computer it expects to be ready in 2027.
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The funding gives the quantum computing startup a valuation of $7 billion.
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I sat down with David Lauren, chief branding and innovation officer of @RalphLauren to talk about how he's catapulting his father's brand into the AI age, and why he's ready to take on the critics. Read the interview today in @WSJ:
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Twenty-five years after it became one of the first luxury brands to sell online, Ralph Lauren’s chief branding and innovation officer is preparing for the latest shifts in how customers want to shop
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My latest in @WSJ looks at how the AI boom is leaving some consultants behind. Read the full story here: https://t.co/bDVfrJL03g
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How the AI Boom Is Leaving Consultants Behind
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Consultants have a lot to gain helping companies deploy the most transformative technology in decades. Some clients say so far they have overpromised and underdelivered.
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Latest in @WSJ from me and @markgmaurer looks at how the AI boom is leaving consultants behind.
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Consultants have a lot to gain helping companies deploy the most transformative technology in decades. Some clients say so far they have overpromised and underdelivered.
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How the AI Boom Is Leaving Consultants Behind https://t.co/7hV6018sSR via @WSJ @IsabelleBiscuit @markgmaurer
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Consultants have a lot to gain helping companies deploy the most transformative technology in decades. Some clients say so far they have overpromised and underdelivered.
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Taco Bell, which deployed voice AI-powered ordering at 500+ drive-through locations, is now reconsidering the tech after viral videos of glitches and pranks (@isabellebiscuit / Wall Street Journal) https://t.co/XtOqo5EZdm
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Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: Taco Bell, which deployed voice AI-powered ordering at 500+ drive-through locations, is now reconsidering the tech after viral videos of glitches and pranks
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My latest for @WSJ: Taco Bell is reassessing its use of voice AI at drive-throughs, realizing bots aren’t always better https://t.co/a3QMB3CbQO
@tacobell
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More artificial intelligence isn’t always better, the chain is realizing, as it considers when and how bots should be deployed.
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An interview with GM SVP of Software and Services Engineering David Richardson on GM's new AI team, developing "cobots", or collaborative robots, and more (@isabellebiscuit / Wall Street Journal) https://t.co/0FjEntxWSV
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Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: An interview with GM SVP of Software and Services Engineering David Richardson on GM's new AI team, building factory “cobots”, or collaborative robots, and...
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General Motors is on an AI talent poaching spree in Silicon Valley as it builds out its new AI team. So far it's made hires from @Google, @Meta and @awscloud . My latest in @WSJ: https://t.co/InivH60dvA
@GM
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So far the team includes hires from Google, Meta, AWS and even a Pixar vet who is helping GM develop new factory ‘cobots.’
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In my latest for @WSJ I sat down with @BankofAmerica's top tech exec to talk about how he's managing the bank's $13 billion tech budget (and how much is really going towards AI) https://t.co/SXZdEZ6D0P
@HariGopalkrishn @BofA_News
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With a new tech leader taking the reins, the bank is looking to double down on high-value AI use cases and iterate quickly when things aren’t working.
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Silver Lake unveils a $400M project to secure powered land for data center developers; it has secured 3GW of power and is developing sites in Texas and Georgia (@isabellebiscuit / Wall Street Journal) https://t.co/ddqL36yjEa
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Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: Silver Lake unveils a $400M project to secure powered land for data center developers; it has secured 3GW of power and is developing sites in Texas and...
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Exclusive from me in @WSJ: Silver Lake is investing $400 million in a plan to bundle land for data center development and the necessary power, saying power is now the biggest bottleneck to development. https://t.co/ftfjPPi30c
@silverlake_news
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The private-equity firm is looking to bundle land parcels with power availability, which it said is now the biggest obstacle to data-center development.
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Anthropic isn’t matching the sky-high salaries that Mark Zuckerberg is offering its employees. Here’s why it’s still quietly winning when it comes to engineer retention. My latest in @WSJ:
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The AI startup isn’t matching Meta’s sky-high salary offers. It’s still dominating when it comes to engineer retention.
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SignalFire: as the AI talent race explodes, Anthropic is hiring engineers 2.68x faster than losing them, above OpenAI's 2.18x, Meta's 2.07x, and Google's 1.17x (@isabellebiscuit / Wall Street Journal) https://t.co/iFILh094PQ
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Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: SignalFire: as the AI talent race explodes, Anthropic is hiring engineers 2.68x faster than losing them, above OpenAI's 2.18x, Meta's 2.07x, and Google's...
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In my latest for @WSJ, I talk to @moderna_tx, @comcast and @Allstate about how quantum computing could help them deliver better drugs, faster internet, and cheaper insurance. Read the full piece online here or in this weekend's print edition: https://t.co/WDQT5chR2O
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@WSJ @IBM @PsiQuantum @moderna_tx @Allstate @comcast And startup @PsiQuantum said it was looking at whether quantum could help reverse engineer natural enzymes that could lead to much more sustainable fertilizer production.
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@WSJ @IBM @PsiQuantum @moderna_tx @Allstate @comcast Tom Wilson, the CEO of Allstate, said quantum could even help the insurer price policies better, in part by simulating the impact of weather conditions on digital images of roofing.
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@WSJ @IBM @PsiQuantum @moderna_tx @Allstate @comcast At Moderna, Head of Digital for Business Wade Davis, told me it could help the company make better medicine that works faster in smaller doses and has fewer side effects.
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@WSJ @IBM @PsiQuantum @moderna_tx @Allstate @comcast Elad Nafshi, chief network officer at Comcast, told me quantum could help optimize the flow of data across its million miles of cable and fiber, helping more people get internet (and stream football games) faster.
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