Articles by Todd Bishop

Todd Bishop is GeekWire's co-founder, a longtime business and technology journalist who reports on subjects including AI, the cloud, startups, and health technology, plus Amazon and Microsoft, in addition to hosting GeekWire's weekly podcast. A native of Orland, Calif., he has worked as a reporter for publications including The Philadelphia Inquirer, Puget Sound Business Journal and the Seattle P-I.

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Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, addresses a crowd in Redmond.

AI Dreams: Microsoft @ 50, Chapter 1

Just as the PC and cloud defined much of Microsoft’s first 50 years, and just as its struggles in mobile set the company back in the smartphone era, its success or failure in AI promises to determine its fate for decades to come. Read More

Amazon unveils first color Kindle, and new Kindle Scribe with ability to write directly in books

Amazon will release its first color Kindle, dubbed the Kindle Colorsoft, for $279.99 on Oct. 30, expanding beyond the realm… Read More

Steve Ballmer on ′60 Minutes′: Microsoft, Clippers, and sorry, no Seattle Seahawks

There’s a method to what might otherwise appear to be madness. People who worked with Steve Ballmer at Microsoft already… Read More

Fact-checking Saturday Night Live’s ‘happy Amazon employee’ sketch

“Saturday Night Live” is poking fun at Amazon again. Monica, a “happy Amazon employee” played by Ego Nwodim, joined the… Read More

Podcast

Podcast: Amazon puts AI in delivery vans; Ex-AMZN exec Dave Clark’s new startup; AI vs. cancer

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Artificial intelligence and automation are transforming the way companies get stuff to stores and… Read More

Amazon Web Services VP of AI, Matt Wood, is leaving the company

Matt Wood, the Amazon Web Services vice president who was a longtime champion of the cloud giant’s machine learning and… Read More

Amazon’s new AI system projects green and red markers onto packages to streamline deliveries

Amazon unveiled new AI technology called Vision-Assisted Package Retrieval (VAPR) for the cargo hold of its electric Rivian vans, giving drivers… Read More

Wokelo raises $4M for AI-driven due diligence, sees customer traction in M&A, investing and consulting

Seattle-area AI startup Wokelo raised $4 million to fuel the development and growth of its technology that generates detailed due… Read More

Ring’s new premium AI feature makes video history searchable by keyword

Those raccoons are showing up at the back door way more than I knew. That’s my own takeaway after testing… Read More

Former Amazon exec Dave Clark is back in Seattle with a startup of his own — and $100M in funding

Dave Clark, the former Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO and Flexport CEO, is launching a new supply-chain technology startup called Auger,… Read More

Unsealed order in Amazon antitrust suit lets entire FTC case proceed, dismisses some state claims

A week after a federal judge in Seattle issued a sealed order on Amazon’s motion to dismiss the landmark U.S.… Read More

Podcast

Talking with AI: Microsoft Copilot guest-hosts the GeekWire Podcast

We were looking for a guest expert to discuss the new Microsoft Copilot features on the show this week, when… Read More

Microsoft AI CEO sees long-term memory as key to unlocking future AI experiences

Microsoft’s revamped personal Copilot, released this week, lets users engage in natural conversations with AI using their voice. It doesn’t… Read More

Amazon plans to hire 250,000 workers in the U.S. for the 2024 holiday season

Amazon is aiming for 250,000 U.S. hires during the 2024 holiday season, matching its target from the prior year. The… Read More

After $6.6B round, OpenAI investor says the next step for ChatGPT maker should be to go public

The news about OpenAI’s $6.6 billion fundraising round was hot off the digital presses Wednesday morning when Brad Gerstner of… Read More

Can AI cure cancer? New alliance unites tech giants and big research orgs in quest for breakthroughs

Four national cancer research organizations, spearheaded by Seattle’s Fred Hutch Cancer Center, will work together in an unprecedented alliance to… Read More

Former Microsoft Xbox leader J Allard joins Amazon in latest surprise career twist

J Allard, Amazon VP? Yes, it’s true, according to the former Microsoft Xbox leader’s LinkedIn profile, which was updated Tuesday… Read More

The extent of Amazon’s ‘partial victory’ against the FTC is under wraps for now

A federal judge in Seattle granted in part, and denied in part, Amazon’s motion to dismiss the U.S. Federal Trade… Read More

New Microsoft Copilot features include natural AI voice interactions and daily news summary

Microsoft is revamping its Copilot personal AI assistant with a new design and features including a daily news summary, natural… Read More

Microsoft will let Windows Copilot+ PC users completely uninstall new Recall AI feature

In its latest attempt to address AI security and privacy concerns, Microsoft provided new details about the underlying architecture for… Read More

Found a raccoon in the living room — now seeking a tech solution so it doesn’t happen again

Well, that was a fun morning! I woke up around 2:20 a.m. today to the sound of what turned out… Read More

Tricia Duryee, 1977-2024: Tenacious reporter was a bright light on the technology beat

Tricia Duryee, a resourceful and enterprising technology journalist who reported on some of the biggest names in the business in… Read More

Internal memo: Don’t use AI for police reports, prosecutor tells Seattle-area law enforcement

Citing the potential for AI hallucinations and other unintended errors, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office told Seattle-area law enforcement… Read More

Allen Institute for AI’s new model points to items in images, aims to make bigger point in industry

Turing Test? Whatever. Meet the Refrigerator Challenge. A new multimodal artificial intelligence model from the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2),… Read More

Microsoft Copilot will show the underlying web search terms that contribute to AI chat responses

Microsoft announced a series of artificial intelligence security, privacy and transparency capabilities, including a new feature in its Copilot AI… Read More

Microsoft details ‘largest cybersecurity engineering effort in history’ — securing its own code

Microsoft gave new details about its security initiatives on Monday morning, less than five months after CEO Satya Nadella and… Read More

Podcast

Podcast: Amazon’s quest to become a startup again; Plus, 6 years of progress in driverless cars

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s decision to bring its employees back to the office five days a week… Read More

23 years and 65 million square feet later, Amazon’s global real estate leader is retiring

John Schoettler, the Amazon global real estate leader who oversaw the extraordinary growth of the company’s footprint for more than… Read More

Thoughts on Amazon’s full return to the office from a CEO who knows the value — and the trade-offs

As a former big-tech exec who’s now running a startup, Vijaye Raji understands Andy Jassy’s desire to have employees in… Read More

‘Project Amelia’: Amazon’s new AI assistant will advise sellers and act on their behalf

Amazon is launching a new AI-powered selling assistant code-named “Project Amelia” to help sellers navigate the nuances of e-commerce, using… Read More

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