Articles about AI – Page 9 of 20

Legal tech startup Lexion is using GPT-3 to help lawyers write summaries and suggest edits

Seattle legal tech startup Lexion is the latest company to take advantage of GPT-3, the language model from OpenAI that… Read More

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‘We’re having an App Store moment’: Generative AI and ChatGPT top list of key technologies for 2023

Startup entrepreneur and investor Ben Gilbert, co-founder and managing director of Pioneer Square Labs and PSL Ventures, is always watching for the… Read More

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AI’s next frontier: AlphaCode can match programming prowess of average coders

Artificial intelligence software programs are becoming shockingly adept at carrying on conversations, winning board games and generating artwork — but… Read More

With new chip, augmented reality startup Ixana claims breakthrough in quest for ‘wearable brain’

A previously unknown Seattle startup, founded by semiconductor and technology industry veterans, says it has developed an energy-efficient chip capable… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: What we’re thankful for in tech, business, and science in 2022

It doesn’t always come naturally to us, as cynical reporters, but during Thanksgiving week on the GeekWire Podcast, it’s our… Read More

‘The dark matter is just sitting there’: What’s standing in the way of AI for life sciences

Life scientists have a data problem: information is fragmented, siloed and incomplete. And that gets in the way of taking… Read More

Seattle startup Xembly raises $15M for AI ‘chief of staff’ that automates tedious conversational tasks

Seattle-based Xembly, makers of an artificial intelligence “chief of staff” designed to automate tedious tasks such as meeting notes, scheduling,… Read More

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What octopus intelligence can teach us about artificial intelligence — and aliens

Are intelligent aliens living among us? A newly published novel just might lead you to think so — and in… Read More

Startup developing a hand-held ultrasound tool for the bedside lands $57M

EchoNous, which markets a compact, AI-powered ultrasound tool, has raised $57 million. The funding was noted in a recent regulatory… Read More

How a former Microsoft researcher used AI to grow award-winning lettuce from 5,000 miles away

It’s pretty impressive to grow award-winning lettuce in a greenhouse competition against 42 teams from nearly two dozens countries. It’s… Read More

AI thrilled the video star: Seattle musician uses unique tech to generate imagery for his song

Someone once famously said that “video killed the radio star.” Forty-one years after that song helped ironically launch MTV, the… Read More

How Microsoft’s AI convinced me to switch to Edge, and where the browser still falls short

I finally broke down and switched to Microsoft’s Edge browser this week on my Windows PC, after many years of… Read More

Ex-golf pro links with Seattle-area AI experts on app that uses 3D motion analysis to improve game

Before you take yet another mulligan, consider that the tool to improving your golf game might not be found in… Read More

How this Amazon engineering outpost is translating its unique geographic position into growth

PITTSBURGH — When we last visited Amazon’s engineering center in this city, back in 2018, the company had just announced… Read More

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How Jeff Wilke’s industrial roots guided him at Amazon, and inspired him to help revive U.S. manufacturing

PITTSBURGH — In his 22 years at Amazon, including his role as the first CEO of the company’s Worldwide Consumer… Read More

Noteworthy spinout: Flowdex comes out of Seattle’s AI2 with app using AI to manage notes

Are you a prolific note taker looking for a new app to help manage all that information? Well, take note… Read More

Ag-tech’s heavy lifting: Rock-picking startup among those seeing demand for automation on the farm

PITTSBURGH — The rocks are as dumb as ever, but the people behind TerraClear are getting smarter every day as the… Read More

The robots aren’t coming for your jobs — at least according to these AI and robotics leaders

PITTSBURGH — There are no shortage of headlines about automation, artificial intelligence and robotics wiping out large swaths of employment,… Read More

Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech Absci opens new AI Research Lab in New York City

Absci, the Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech that provides drug and drug target discovery services to other companies, has opened a lab… Read More

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The new frontiers of AI and robotics, with CMU computer science dean Martial Hebert

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we explore the state of the art in robotics and artificial intelligence with Martial… Read More

Yoodli opens up its free website to improve public speaking — and adds in some games

Six months after coming out of stealth mode, a Seattle AI startup called Yoodli is raising the curtain on a… Read More

Microsoft and HPE put AI to the test on International Space Station … with gloves

“Check my spacewalking gloves, HAL.” The HAL 9000 computer that starred in “2001: A Space Odyssey” — and made such… Read More

WellSaid and Five9 make bots sound more like humans when they take your call

Earlier this year, Seattle-based WellSaid Labs helped create an AI disk jockey with a voice that sounds like it’s coming… Read More

AI2 CEO Oren Etzioni to chair UiPath’s new AI advisory board

UiPath, a publicly traded “robotic automation process” company, announced that Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) CEO Oren Etzioni will… Read More

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When algorithms go bad: Zillow, Amazon, Facebook and the pitfalls of rampant automation

The downfall of Zillow’s iBuying business is a reminder of the downsides of relying too much on automation and machine… Read More

Amazon partners with UCLA on science hub focusing on AI and its social impact

Amazon and UCLA are launching a research hub that will draw upon industry and academic research to address the social… Read More

This bot plays hot tunes: Super Hi-Fi and WellSaid Labs use AI to create a lifelike DJ

As he turns from a Foo Fighters tune to the Smashing Pumpkins, Andy sounds just like your typical alternative-rock DJ… Read More

Execs from GitHub and Microsoft Azure invest in new AI startup that helps devs build intelligent apps

The news: Spice AI, a new Seattle startup that aims to help developers quickly build AI-powered software applications, raised a $1… Read More

Microsoft’s next moves: Biz dev and strategy leader Christopher Young is focusing on these key areas

Christopher Young’s priorities are a window into the future of Microsoft’s business. Young, the former CEO of McAfee and a… Read More

Former Kymeta CEO lands $6M to reimagine AI training with new Seattle-area startup Rendered.AI

There are a lot of potential problems with the way we train AI models. The datasets used to teach machines… Read More