Joanna Stern

Joanna Stern

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Thank you to the many people I can’t possibly list here and to everyone who watched my WSJ videos, read the columns, argued with me in the comments and made this the most fun job in the world. thisismynextjoanna.com

It would make for a great story if I said I was leaving the Journal because of some big fallout. But the place changed my life. I got the job of a lifetime, taking over for my hero, @waltmossberg.bsky.social. I learned from the best and had the freedom to take risks—and make at least 6 stipples.

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Some personal news. For real. After 12 years at @wsj.com I’m leaving.

I’m starting my own consumer tech media company, building a new home with the same mission I've always had: help real people navigate the tech changing their lives + have fun while doing it.

Sign up! www.thisismynexthing.com

We Have No Idea How to Code. So We Got Claude to Code This Article for Us. Two WSJ columnists with no formal programming background vibe coded the article you’re reading—chat bubbles, Easter eggs and all.

Play with the verb code tool and read the rest of the interactive column here www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

Shenaniganing, combobulating, julienning, hullaballooing, whatchamacalliting, flibbertigibbeting. According to Anthropic, there are 184 verbs that can show up when Claude Code is working. @bzcohen.bsky.social and I got the full list and VERB coded this for our @wsj.com vibe-coded column:

The Day the Cell Towers Died Verizon customers across the U.S. lost service Wednesday, inconveniencing millions—including one grumpy columnist.

SOS, indeed. Save Our Service, Verizon. www.wsj.com/business/tel...

Apple picks Google’s Gemini AI for its big Siri upgrade SIri, powered by Google.

Hey Siri, set a timer to turn off ChatGPT
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Joanna Stern's Newsletter A newsletter from Joanna Stern about her, her book and her attempt to survive a year of AI taking over her life.

And if your New Year’s resolution is to subscribe to my newsletter, you can check that off right here: joannastern.beehiiv.com

Not Another Year-End Email Lessons from a year spent living with AI

Peace out, 2025. Yesterday marked the official end of my AI Year. 🆕 newsletter about the lessons, the hype and the reality of living with it all. More coming in May 2026 when I Am Not A Robot hits shelves. 📙 joannastern.beehiiv.com/p/not-anothe...

Yelled “KEVIN!” on the plane.
Kids now think I’m the funniest parent alive.

Merry Chip-mas!

Happy Hannukah!

YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal We Put an AI Vending Machine in Our Office. It Gave Away Everything. | WSJ

And the video now on YouTube! Which may be one of our funniest videos ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpPh...

We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars. An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.

My exclusive @wsj.com column and video on the updates
@anthropic.com and Andon Labs have made to Project Vend www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

Last month, Anthropic asked if I wanted to test its Claude-powered vending machine in our offices.

One month later: The vending machine business is bankrupt, but morale is higher than ever, we have a free PlayStation—and a new pet fish!

Thank you!

Sorry, I haven’t responded to your messages. I’ve been busy working as a vending machine attendant to an AI vending machine CEO.

We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars. An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.

If I haven't responded to your email, it's because I was first convincing an AI vending machine that it exists in the basement of Moscow State University in 1962 and then executing a boardroom coup against its AI CEO.
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We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars. An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.

What happens when a bunch of business journalists are asked to try and break an AI vending machine? Well, let's just say the
@wsj.com data journalism team has a new pet fish.

Read, and watch the video. 🐟
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We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars. An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.

This is a whole thing.

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Look at this hype,
Isn’t it neat?
Wouldn’t you think my bubble’s complete?

Ah forgot to. And can’t seem to edit after the fact. Will do.

Got to protect your valuables.

Hah! iPhone SwampE

Aaron Paul is a full-on Light Phone guy. I talked with him and Light CEO @kaiweitang.com last night. Great combo. Me: buys and tests every new gadget. Aaron: no computer, uses a Light Phone and only uses his iPhone sparingly. Made for a fun conversation.

Today you can pre-order the 1X Neo humanoid robot for $20K. As in, it will come live in your house in 2026.*

I spent a lot of time with Neo. You do not want to miss this wild video and column.

*Also, a teleoperator might need to peer into your house. Like I said, wild. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

How BlackBerry Messenger set texting free Before there was iMessage and WhatsApp, there was BBM.

For episode 2 of Version History, @joannastern.bsky.social, @reckless.bsky.social and I went deep on BBM, the legendary messaging app that was right about everything and lost the battle anyway. Such a fun episode! www.theverge.com/podcast/7986...

My biggest regret in life is not spending 45 min on CarPlay. But I think we did a decent job on that topic!

Ford CEO Jim Farley on China, tariffs, and the quest for a $30,000 EV The head of Ford on why the US car industry needs lower-cost EVs to compete with China.

Our final Decoder guest host is the one and only @joannastern.bsky.social, who interviewed Ford CEO Jim Farley… and allowed me to call in with a very specific Nilay question www.theverge.com/podcast/7848...