WSJ Tech News Briefing
TNB Tech Minute: Meta Will Create New Applied AI Engineering Organization
04 Mar 2026
Chapter 1: What new organization is Meta creating for AI engineering?
I think the potential of agentic is to rethink how work gets done overall. It challenges all sorts of traditional orthodoxies around how organizations execute the work at hand.
That's Jason Gerzades, CEO of Deloitte US, talking about the transformational potential of agentic AI. Join him later to learn why agents are a game changer for businesses across industries.
Here's your morning TNB Tech Minute for Wednesday, March 4th. I'm Danny Lewis for The Wall Street Journal. We exclusively report that Meta Platforms is creating a new applied artificial intelligence engineering organization to help bolster the company's superintelligence efforts.
Chapter 2: How does Kraken's access to the Federal Reserve impact cryptocurrency?
According to an internal memo viewed by the journal, the new organization will partner with Meta's Superintelligence Lab to build a, quote, data engine to improve its AI models. The new organization is aiming for an ultra-flat structure of up to 50 employees to one manager, according to the memo.
Kraken has won access to the Federal Reserve's core payment system, making it the first crypto firm to be able to move money on the same rails as thousands of banks and credit unions. The company says that will allow it to handle transactions more quickly and seamlessly for big clients and professional traders.
It also gives Kraken direct access to Fedwire, a critical interbank payment system that handles more than $4 trillion in daily fund transfers. And we exclusively report that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defended his decision to allow the Pentagon to use its tools for classified work during an all-hands meeting Tuesday.
According to remarks viewed by the journal, Altman said he didn't regret signing the deal, but wished he hadn't announced it so quickly.
Chapter 3: What did Sam Altman say about OpenAI's Pentagon deal?
The deal was announced Friday, hours after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated rival company Anthropic a supply chain risk. After a backlash from OpenAI employees and AI researchers to the potential for the deal to allow for mass surveillance, the chat GPT maker changed the agreement to explicitly state that its tools couldn't be used for domestic surveillance.
And that's your TNB Tech Minute. We'll be back this afternoon with more.
Find your perfect home on Realtor.com. The perfect home in the perfect neighborhood, in the perfect school district, perfectly close to work, but perfectly far enough away to escape to. With over half a million new listings every month on Realtor.com, you won't miss out on your perfectly perfect home.
Chapter 4: What changes were made to the Pentagon deal after employee backlash?
Trust the number one site real estate professionals trust. Search now on Realtor.com. Based on average new for sale and rental listings July 2024 through June 2025.
Chapter 5: What are the implications of AI in business and government?
Number one trusted based on August 2025 proprietary survey among real estate professionals.