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Microsoft calls for ‘safety brakes,’ licensing, and a new federal agency to avoid AI pitfalls

How can humanity reap AI’s rewards and minimize its risks? Microsoft offered its own answer to that question in the… Read More

He sang about life as ChatGPT, but this opera pro needed his human creativity to fix AI’s lyrics

When he took the stage last week at the GeekWire Awards as the human embodiment of ChatGPT, accomplished singer Robert… Read More

Microsoft Store will use AI to summarize app reviews by customers

Is this the future of online customer reviews? Microsoft this morning said it will use generative artificial intelligence to automatically… Read More

Amazon unveils Echo Pop, new Echo Buds; reports >500M Alexa device sales as AI upends market

Amazon unveiled a new Echo smart speaker, a $39.99 semi-sphere called Echo Pop, meant for bedrooms and other small spaces… Read More

Likewise launches ChatGPT plugin to use AI to recommend TV shows, movies, books and more

Likewise, the Bellevue, Wash.-based entertainment discovery platform, is tapping into ChatGPT to leverage AI and find more information and recommendations… Read More

Can AI write a better Mother’s Day card? How my mom reacted, and what she said when I came clean

There’s nothing like a heartfelt Mother’s Day message to let your mom know how much you appreciate her and everything… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Google I/O highlights, AI risks and rewards, and the future of creativity

We’re back this week on the GeekWire Podcast as humans, not bots, we promise, but we’ve still got a lot… Read More

Seahawks use AI to generate schedule art as NFL teams try to one up each other on social media

NFL teams have been having a ball the past couple days with social media posts tied to the release of… Read More

Tableau’s new CEO on the company’s expansion into AI and its future under Salesforce

Tableau plans to add generative artificial intelligence to its data visualization platform, using AI to automatically identify and describe key… Read More

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We had our AI voice clones read an AI-generated GeekWire Podcast script — listen to the result

For all the hype over generative artificial intelligence, how far has AI really advanced? Where is the new line between… Read More

AI researcher sues Amazon for withdrawing job offer amid cutbacks after 8-month visa process

A London-based artificial intelligence researcher who accepted a role as an applied scientist with Amazon in May 2022 says he… Read More

Zillow Group rolls out ChatGPT tool, sees conversational AI as a growth opportunity

Zillow Group CEO Rich Barton has been through several technology evolutions. And he thinks another one may be upon us… Read More

Code.org helping launch TeachAI to guide integration of artificial intelligence in education

Seattle-based computer science education nonprofit Code.org is helping to launch TeachAI, a new effort aimed at guiding governments and educators… Read More

From weed zappers to robot baristas: Vote for GeekWire Awards Hardware/Gadget of the Year

With all of the region’s strength in cloud technologies and enterprise software, the technology industry in Seattle and the Pacific… Read More

This startup aims to improve recycling by capturing ‘chemical fingerprints’ with high-tech cameras

If you’re someone who recycles, you’ve experienced that paralyzed moment in front of a row of waste bins not knowing… Read More

Bill Gates: AI will be ‘as good a tutor as any human,’ but payoffs in education will take time

Bill Gates says he’s bullish about the potential for artificial intelligence to transform education and learning — telling a crowd… Read More

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Amazon’s new agenda: Tech giant buckles down and bets big under CEO Andy Jassy

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s annual letter to shareholders this week delivered a dual message: while the company might not be… Read More

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Microsoft Azure enlists generative AI to help Pentagon look for satellite imagery

Can a chatbot help Pentagon planners find the satellite data they need to understand what’s happening in a global hotspot?… Read More

Bill Gates: AI breakthroughs are the biggest tech advance since the graphical user interface

One of the pivotal figures in the rise of the graphical user interface says he sees a similar revolution in… Read More

Commentary: OpenAI’s GPT-4 has some limitations that are fixable — and some that are not

Editor’s note: Four months after the release of its ChatGPT chatbot, OpenAI unveiled its latest artificial intelligence technology, GPT-4, on… Read More

Microsoft’s Windows 11 is getting Bing AI taskbar search and new iPhone integration

Microsoft announced an update to Windows 11 with the ability to query the company’s AI-powered Bing search chatbot directly from… Read More

Microsoft expands AI chatbot to Bing and Edge mobile apps after adjusting limits on chat sessions

Microsoft is expanding the preview of its AI-powered search and composition features to its Bing and Edge mobile apps starting… Read More

Seattle Police union objected to use of body-cam analysis tech and alleges officers were ‘spied on’

The Seattle Police Department discontinued its use of an artificial intelligence platform designed to analyze body-cam footage because of pushback… Read More

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Microsoft now says AI-powered Bing chatbot is ‘not a replacement or substitute for the search engine’

“We think of it, humbly, as the next generation of search and browsing.” That was a comment by Yusuf Mehdi,… Read More

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The future of the information economy is in flux as internet search industry enters new area

Editor’s note: This is a guest commentary from Oren Etzioni, former CEO of the Allen Institute for AI (AI2), a… Read More

Seattle Police Dept. discontinues use of AI platform to analyze body cam footage and office behavior

The Seattle Police Department has stopped using an artificial intelligence platform designed to analyze police body-cam footage in search of… Read More

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Arguing with AI: My first dispute with Microsoft’s brilliant and boneheaded Bing search engine

For the past couple days, I’ve been trying out Microsoft’s new AI-powered Bing search engine, a chatbot that uses an… Read More

Microsoft Word gets ChatGPT integration with new ‘Ghostwriter’ third-party add-in

Microsoft says it plans to integrate OpenAI technologies throughout its product lineup, but one entrepreneur has already put ChatGPT into… Read More

ChatGPT goes to college: Here’s how the UW says professors should deal with AI in the classroom

The sudden rise of ChatGPT — the AI-powered chatbot released by OpenAI last fall — has educators across the country rethinking… Read More

Microsoft’s ‘multibillion dollar’ OpenAI investment comes with new level of secrecy

Microsoft is making a big new investment in OpenAI, the artificial intelligence powerhouse behind ChatGPT, extending a partnership that has… Read More

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