Articles about Artifical intelligence

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Microsoft, Providence and UW make use of generative AI for digital cancer diagnosis

Researchers at Microsoft, Providence Health System and the University of Washington say they’ve developed a new artificial intelligence model for… Read More

As AI use surges, tech companies race to secure clean energy and preserve climate goals

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is driving new demand for cloud computing infrastructure operated by tech giants including Amazon… Read More

Seattle tech vet calls rapidly growing ‘AI Tinkerers’ meetups the new ‘Homebrew Computer Club’ for AI

Seattle tech veteran Joe Heitzeberg remembers seeing a random, AI-related tweet in September 2022. “Still not enough tinkering happening, for… Read More

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‘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

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

Genomics pioneer Lee Hood joins forces with the Buck Institute to study aging and disease

Phenome Health, a Seattle research organization dedicated to what it calls a data-driven approach to human health and longevity, launched… 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

‘Lazy’ AI: UW researchers find that tech can misdiagnose COVID-19 by taking shortcuts

The future use of artificial intelligence in medical contexts could be beneficial in improving efficiency, but a new University of… Read More

Amazon vets raise $4M from Madrona, Bezos Expeditions, others for AI2 spinout WhyLabs

Company leaders know they need to implement artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies within their businesses to stay ahead of… Read More

Why Bill Gates thinks gene editing and artificial intelligence could save the world

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been working to improve the state of global health through his nonprofit foundation for 20… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Windows 95 Weekend, exploring supernovas, and more

— Do you remember where you were and what you were doing in 1995? Television was dominated by ER, Seinfeld,… Read More

Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence hatches a new HQ for its startup incubator

The startup incubator at Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence is getting so busy that it has to move into… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Lunar Block Party, Nintendo Switch Road Trip, and more

— The 50th anniversary celebration of the moon landing continues at the Museum of Flight with the Lunar Block Party,… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Board games; AI in healthcare; Harry Potter concert; and more

— While next week promises to be filled with parades, fireworks, and picnics, there’s also the chance to play some… Read More

Vote for AI Innovation of the Year: Seattle’s artificial intelligence clout featured at the GeekWire Awards

Artificial intelligence is one of the Seattle area’s fastest-growing tech frontiers, so it only makes sense for the field to… Read More

Voice is fine, but Synapse introduces a robot named Gerard to show off more contextual awareness

No doubt the proliferation of voice assistants has changed the landscape in which we live. Whether it’s Alexa or Siri… Read More

AI2 joins forces with Microsoft Research to upgrade search tools for scientific studies

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, also known as AI2, is partnering with Microsoft Research to widen the sphere of… Read More

Microsoft makes real-time captions and translation standard in Office 365 PowerPoint

The next PowerPoint presentation you see may have live captions or subtitles, as Microsoft rolls out a real-time voice translation… Read More

Years after patenting the concept, Amazon admits putting workers in a cage would be a bad idea

Warehouse workers confined in cages? That’s the dark vision evoked by an essay delving into the worries that come along… Read More

Jimmy Kimmel interviews cackling Alexa, and Amazon’s voice assistant gets last laugh

Can’t say we didn’t see this one coming. The people who tell jokes for a living are now laughing along… Read More

The ethics of AI: Robots will rise, but will they rule us all?

PITTSBURGH — David Danks thinks a lot about the implications of artificial intelligence. In fact, the Carnegie Mellon University philosophy and… Read More

Waka waka waka wow! Microsoft researchers use AI to gobble up record score on Ms. Pac Man

The Ms. in “Ms. Pac-Man” might as well stand for Microsoft now. The software giant has achieved the highest score… Read More

The Amazon of healthcare? Accolade unveils AI platform and app that personalize healthcare assistance

If there’s a master list of tech buzzwords somewhere in the world, “intelligence” would be pretty near the top. Mike… Read More

Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post taps Amazon’s Polly AI technology to read news articles

Jeff Bezos’ worlds are coming together as The Washington Post announced today that it has begun testing a plan to… Read More

Alexa, it’s too damn hot in here! Be cool, and say hello to GE’s connected air conditioner

If the idea of household appliances becoming sentient and destroying the world keeps you up at night, avert your eyes… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Chris Pirillo’s inaugural ‘Galaxaar’ is a trove of geeky treasures

Chris Pirillo is a geek on a mission. More specifically, he’s a geek on a mission to create possibly the world’s biggest… Read More

In 6,000-word letter, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg addresses fake news, terrorism, communities, and more

Facebook will use artificial intelligence to organize a global community on social media, Mark Zuckerberg said in a nearly 6,000-word… Read More