Articles about AI – Page 6 of 20

Wizards of the Coast doubles down on generative AI stance, says artists are ‘what makes D&D great’

In response to social media criticism, Wizards of the Coast has released a statement that further clarifies its stance on… Read More

Startup creates AI Santa, using its tech to facilitate believable voice calls for the naughty and nice

If artificial intelligence is indeed coming for people’s jobs, this week would be a good time to start, to help… Read More

Sam Altman’s venture fund invests $3M in startup using humans and AI to keep people on task

Shelpful, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that combines artificial intelligence and human empathy to help people stay on task and get… Read More

Pacific NW National Lab opens AI center to concentrate on science, security, energy

The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is shining a brighter spotlight on artificial intelligence by creating the Center… Read More

Microsoft tries to address AI labor concerns with new AFL-CIO pact and ‘neutrality framework’

Microsoft announced a new agreement with the AFL-CIO, the country’s largest federation of unions, that seeks to address concerns about… Read More

Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic and other Microsoft shareholders press company on AI safety

Is Microsoft moving too quickly to capitalize on artificial intelligence at the expense of long-term shareholder value? That was a… Read More

Why this enterprise software investor is bullish on AI — and how she’s assessing new startups

Sheila Gulati spent the past decade as managing director of Tola Capital immersed in cloud transformation, investing in cutting-edge enterprise… Read More

Could AI become conscious? Physicists and neuroscientists search for answers

Will artificial intelligence serve humanity — or will it spawn a new species of conscious digital beings with their own… Read More

Podcast

Sam Altman’s ouster puts a new twist into OpenAI’s complicated relationship with Microsoft

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was as bullish as ever about artificial intelligence and the ChatGPT maker’s latest advances when he… Read More

UW computer science research event offers a glimpse of the future at the dawn of AI

Inside one of the University of Washington’s computer science buildings on Tuesday evening, students showed off smart earrings that monitor… Read More

Is artificial intelligence all that intelligent? AI influencers worry about wishful thinking

What do you get when you put two of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people on artificial intelligence together in… Read More

Podcast

‘Embrace this messiness’: Computer vision pioneer Fei-Fei Li explains her hope for AI and humanity

Fei-Fei Li‘s new book is the story of her journey from China to the U.S., from small business to Big… Read More

ChatGPT or not ChatGPT? That was the question, briefly, as Microsoft cut employee access to AI tool

A brief restriction on employees’ ability to use ChatGPT inside Microsoft triggered at least one report Thursday that the tech… Read More

Univ. of Washington researchers use AI to help noise-canceling headphones filter certain sounds

If your noise-canceling headphones are canceling sounds you’d actually prefer to hear, researchers at the University of Washington may have… Read More

Shift AI Podcast: ‘Chill work’ as the path to productivity, with Rand Fishkin of SparkToro

“My whole hope for the AI revolution … is that AI should make it so people have to work less,… Read More

AI-powered ‘VC pitch coach’ from Yoodli helps startup founders prepare to face investors

A new feature from Seattle startup Yoodli uses artificial intelligence to help startup founders prepare to pitch their businesses to… Read More

AI in the cloud: Microsoft boosts share; Amazon predicts ‘tens of billions’ in new revenue

AI is starting to generate real money for the big cloud providers. Global spending on cloud infrastructure services topped $68… Read More

Turning a setback into an acquisition: One founder’s AI startup journey

[Editor’s Note: This essay is an update from Kirill Zubovsky, a startup founder with ties to the Seattle region, who… Read More

Microsoft earnings preview: Wall Street waits for an AI inflection point

The official launch of Microsoft 365 Copilot, the company’s new artificial intelligence service for large businesses, is still more than… Read More

Writers respond to Marc Andreessen’s AI optimism with their own manifesto: ‘It’s mostly nonsense’

How will “The Techno-Optimist Manifesto,” venture capitalist Marc Andreessen’s paean to economic growth and artificial intelligence, play to a wider… Read More

GeekWire Summit recap: AI gets real in Seattle as historic theater plays host to future-focused event

In a Seattle building full of history and nostalgia, the GeekWire Summit returned Thursday with an agenda focused on rapidly… Read More

As the GeekWire Summit kicks off, see what geeks on the street have to say about AI

At the GeekWire Summit in Seattle today, we’re going to hear from a variety of speakers and panelists about how… Read More

Shift AI Podcast: Using AI to read the room with David Shim (CEO, Read AI)

“The future of work will be less monotonous. AI will take care of it on the back end and free… Read More

Fluid apps, open models, and free markets: Inside the AI-focused Intelligent Applications Summit

Everything in AI is in flux. In fact, a lack of predictability will define this new era. That was one… Read More

Is AI overhyped or underhyped? Here’s what techies in Seattle think

Depending on who you ask, artificial intelligence is getting too much attention — or not enough. That was one takeaway from… Read More

Speed read: This new AI-powered tool helps researchers skim through scientific papers

Don’t worry, this article will be short enough to not create a time-consuming task for readers looking to absorb its… Read More

Neurophs co-founder Andrew Traverso in lab

Stealthy startup Neurophos raises $7M to create metamaterials-based chips for AI

A semi-stealthy startup called Neurophos says it’s raised $7 million in seed funding to support the development of a chip… Read More

Get an AI reality check on ‘The Creator’ — Hollywood’s latest robo-doomsday movie

Over the next 50 years, will humanity become too attached to the artificial-intelligence agents that dictate the course of our… Read More

Amazon pours up to $4B into AI startup Anthropic, escalating rivalry with Microsoft and Google

Amazon will invest up to $4 billion and take a minority stake in Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company… Read More

Interview: UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt visits Amazon and Microsoft; talks AI, China, economy

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, the United Kingdom’s chief financial minister, visited Seattle on Friday as part of a West Coast tour… Read More