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Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott sees ‘mind-blowing’ potential for AI, the cloud, 5G and devices

Kevin Scott is the chief technology officer for Microsoft, a company that built its business on software, but he also… 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

Windows 95 and machine learning get a nod in dissent over Supreme Court gerrymandering ruling

In a ruling on Thursday tied to the practice of partisan gerrymandering, the Supreme Court — as it’s charged to… Read More

Hey Siri, meet Alexa: Rival AI assistants become neighbors as Apple doubles down on Seattle

For years, fixtures in the Bay Area tech industry have been migrating to Seattle in search of comparable jobs with… Read More

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Robots, drones, satellites, and Amazon’s vision for the future of automation and humanity

Amazon gave a detailed look at its new warehouse robots and delivery drones, discussed its plans for a satellite constellation,… Read More

Is AI overhyped? Cloud startup CEOs call out proliferation of trendy technology

The world’s biggest technology companies are pouring billions of dollars into developing sophisticated artificial intelligence capabilities, but its usefulness in… Read More

Here’s what every developer at every company needs to know, according to Microsoft’s CTO

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are popular concepts in the tech world, but one of Microsoft’s top executives sees the… Read More

Microsoft and UCLA reveal cloud platform to use healthcare data for precision medicine

Do the secrets to a healthier future lie in untapped healthcare data? Microsoft and UCLA Health want to find out… Read More

Apple-picking robots gear up for U.S. debut in Washington state

Next fall, as you browse the produce section at your local grocery store, pay close attention to the apples. You… Read More

Google says its AI can spot early-stage lung cancer, in some cases better than doctors can

What if deep learning models could detect early-stage cancer more accurately than a veteran radiologist? Google is showing that day… Read More

Algorithms help spot cancer ‘lottery winners’ in new Fred Hutch study

For most patients, a diagnosis of stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer comes with a dire prognosis. But for patients… Read More

Bottomless, the Seattle startup keeping your coffee stock fresh, fills up with $1.9M in funding

Bottomless, the Seattle startup using technology to make sure that coffee lovers never run out of the stuff they love,… Read More

Here’s how Amazon innovation guru Paul Misener uses machine learning at home

Taking advantage of artificial intelligence and machine learning may be part of Paul Misener’s job as an Amazon executive, but… Read More

Seattle startup ioCurrents raises $5M to bring big data to the high seas

For Cosmo King, maritime data is both personal and professional. King grew up sailing in Virginia and is now the owner… Read More

Spiral Genetics re-launches, inks Microsoft deal to predict heart disease with the human genome

It’s Day 1 again for Seattle-based Spiral Genetics. The decade-old DNA analysis startup has left its parent company Fabric and… Read More

AI2’s Oren Etzioni to entrepreneurs: It’s not too late to ride the machine-learning wave

It may seem as if everyone’s already on the bandwagon for artificial intelligence and machine learning, with players ranging from… Read More

Microsoft teams up with global health partners to spot rare diseases faster using new technology

Patients with a rare disease often face a long and painful road to an accurate diagnosis. The process takes five years on… Read More

Amazon Web Services continues open-source push with code behind SageMaker Neo

Amazon Web Services has decided to release the code behind one of its key machine-learning services as an open-source project,… Read More

Robotics manufacturing firm Bright Machines expands to Seattle, hires senior Amazon engineering leader

San Francisco-based Bright Machines is coming to Seattle. The maker of software and robotics systems for manufacturing plans to open… 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

How this UW grad student, researching quantum computing, proved that classical computers are better than we thought

A lot of great discoveries were made while looking for something else. For University of Washington computer science grad student… Read More

Former MIT and Google researchers raise $5.3M for ‘artificial intelligence compiler’ startup Canotic

Canotic is a new artificial intelligence startup based in Seattle and Berlin that today announced a $5.3 million seed round… Read More

Report: Microsoft picks new chip maker for AI co-processors on Azure, cutting Intel’s business in half

Xilinx is reportedly the beneficiary of a decision by Microsoft Azure’s infrastructure wizards to add another chip supplier to its… Read More

Here’s the one key advantage Seattle’s tech ecosystem has over Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley may be the startup capital of the world, but Seattle has a leg up when it comes what… Read More

Paul Allen enlists machine-learning tools for monitoring wildlife and ecosystems

Paul Allen has made a name for himself as a co-founder of Microsoft, a supporter of artificial intelligence research and… Read More

BluHaptics rebrands itself as Olis Robotics and acquires machine learning startup

For five years, a University of Washington spin-out called BluHaptics has been building up a business focusing on robotic control… Read More

How this startup is using robots to write sports news stories for The Associated Press

The next Associated Press story you read about a Major League Baseball game may have been written by a robot.… Read More

Cool beans! In coffee-crazy Seattle, a startup wants to make sure you have a fresh, Bottomless cup

Every pot I make and every cup of coffee I drink at home is made with stale coffee beans. That’s… Read More

Salesforce plans to open-source the technology behind its Einstein machine-learning services

Salesforce is open-sourcing the method it has developed for using machine-learning techniques at scale — without mixing valuable customer data… Read More

Teaching the ghost in the machine: How cloud tech experts are managing the rise of AI

When it comes to the breakthroughs that brilliant scientists and engineers are working on in 2018, artificial intelligence technology somehow… Read More