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Microsoft names DeepMind co-founder and former Google exec as its new CEO of AI

Microsoft added some big names to its AI leadership Tuesday with the hiring of Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of DeepMind… Read More

Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader on AI, hiring, and the new realities of tech spending

Business software company Smartsheet surpassed $1 billion in annualized recurring revenue in the fourth quarter, within the timeframe established by… Read More

Shift AI Podcast: Building confidence through AI with Varun Puri, CEO of Yoodli

After being tapped by Sergey Brin to run special projects at Google, Varun Puri found himself at Google X playing… Read More

Max & the Purple Anxiety Monster

Microsoft design exec turns to AI to illustrate son’s book about coping with anxiety

When Microsoft design chief Jon Friedman‘s son Judah needed help with a children’s book he wanted to write, Friedman went… Read More

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Seattle tech leaders launch nonprofit to push for greater transparency in AI training data

Artificial intelligence is a powerful technology that promises to reshape the future, but it also poses many challenges and risks.… Read More

Illustration: Visualization of AI structure translated into biomolecule

Leading researchers join effort to support responsible AI for biomolecular design

More than 100 researchers — including a Nobel laureate — have signed on to a call for the scientific community… Read More

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Washington state lawmakers pass bill to create task force to guide policy on AI

The Washington State Legislature passed a bipartisan proposal from Attorney General Bob Ferguson to create an Artificial Intelligence Task Force… Read More

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AI’s trust problem: Richard Edelman on the risk from the tech industry’s rapid rollouts

A new report points to a crisis of trust in innovation, and the risk that rapid technological change — especially… Read More

Will AI change how we shop? What it’s like to use Amazon’s new Rufus assistant

Searching on Amazon for a trainer to convert my road bike into a stationary cycle, I knew the make and… Read More

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Former Textio CEO Kieran Snyder dives into new research on how AI is impacting the workplace

Kieran Snyder, the co-founder and former CEO of Seattle-based Textio, has launched her next project, less than two months after… Read More

Microsoft invests in startup Mistral AI, outlines broader AI principles

Microsoft outlined a series of principles for its development and deployment of artificial intelligence, including a pledge to partner with… Read More

GoDaddy launches new ‘Airo’ tools, betting on AI to unlock growth

After seeing promising results from early customer testing, GoDaddy is launching new artificial intelligence tools for small businesses that automate… Read More

Finpilot, a Seattle startup using generative AI to help financial analysts with research, raises $4M

Seattle startup Finpilot raised a $4 million investment round led by Madrona to help fuel its “ChatGPT for financial questions”… Read More

Can AI improve your dating game? Startup’s speech analysis tool offers practice and feedback

The days of talking into a mirror to psych yourself up to ask someone on a date have given way… Read More

Microsoft’s Copilot Super Bowl ad signals an AI strategy shift

Microsoft unveiled a Super Bowl ad for its Copilot artificial intelligence assistant — seizing a high-profile opportunity to gloss over… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Apple Vision Pro, a developer’s take; Detecting and defusing AI deepfakes

First up this week on the GeekWire Podcast: an inside look at developing software for the Apple Vision Pro spatial… Read More

Amazon unveils ‘Rufus’ AI shopping assistant, rolling out in coming weeks in mobile app

Amazon is integrating an AI assistant called Rufus into its mobile shopping app. The new generative AI feature, just announced,… Read More

New nonpartisan AI nonprofit TrueMedia, led by Oren Etzioni, is making a political deepfake detector

A new nonprofit, nonpartisan technology organization called TrueMedia is developing an AI-powered tool to detect deepfake videos, photos, and audio,… Read More

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Microsoft AI engineer says company thwarted attempt to expose DALL-E 3 safety problems

This post has been updated with Microsoft and OpenAI comments, and additional context from Microsoft engineer Shane Jones in response… Read More

Screenshot of Quindar spacecraft management sofware platform

Fuse leads $6M round for Quindar, which uses AI for satellite support and is partnering with KSAT

A space-centric startup called Quindar says it has successfully closed an oversubscribed $6 million funding round that will give a… Read More

Nomad Go raises $1.5M to power computer vision software that automatically counts inventory

Nomad Go has pivoted from counting people to counting inventory. The Bellevue, Wash.-based startup raised $1.5 million to help power… Read More

Scientists are using AI to study bee behavior, zebra movement, and insects on treadmills

The halls at a recent meeting of biologists in Seattle were buzzing with more than just the usual excitement about… Read More

Seattle-area mentoring nonprofit with a global reach adds generative AI to toolkits for job seekers

A Seattle-area nonprofit helping disadvantaged job seekers around the world is adding generative artificial intelligence to the toolkit for its… Read More

New Seattle startup Avante raises $10M, led by former Olive AI execs and ex-Amperity CEO

A new Seattle-based startup called Avante confirmed that it raised $10 million in a seed funding round led by Fuse… Read More

Valve Software reveals new rules for AI-powered game development on Steam

The developers behind the popular digital gaming storefront Steam have implemented a new set of guidelines that govern the use… Read More

Can a 42-member AI task force get anything done? Hearing raises questions about Wash. state plan

Representatives of different groups offered their input on the scope, timeline, goals, and, in some cases, the necessity of a… Read More

Portrait of Court Corley, chief scientist for AI at PNNL

Pacific Northwest National Lab’s chief scientist for AI finds links between tech and national security

Bringing artificial intelligence to bear on issues relating to nuclear weapons might sound like the stuff of a scary sci-fi… Read More

The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for training AI chatbots on its copyrighted work

The New York Times filed a lawsuit Wednesday against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the companies of copyright infringement for training… Read More

How generative AI could change the way video games are developed, tested, and played

Video game companies are dipping their toes into the rapidly-evolving world of generative AI with behind-the-scenes development. It may soon… Read More

AI could make us conversant with critters, unlocking conservation tools – and serious risks

My whippet Roxy is smart. She understands dozens of words and phrases well beyond sit and stay. She’ll “go find… Read More

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