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Tech Moves: UW professor wins prestigious honor; T-Mobile board shuffle; and more

— Mary-Claire King, a groundbreaking innovator in genetics, has received The National Academy of Sciences’ most prestigious metal, the Public… Read More

Podcast

‘Open source will win’: Allen Institute for AI CEO Ali Farhadi on the new era of artificial intelligence

It has been a wild few weeks and an eventful few months in AI: DeepSeek, OpenAI, Stargate, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Salesforce,… Read More

What’s at stake for Washington’s flagship research institutions in the legal battle over NIH funding

The fight now unfolding over the Trump administration’s sudden limit on National Institutes of Health grant funding could have deep… Read More

University of Washington selects Robert Jones as its 34th president, succeeding Ana Mari Cauce

The University of Washington, one of the nation’s top research universities and an academic linchpin of the Seattle region’s tech… Read More

Podcast

Podcast: DeepSeek reality check; Amazon, Bezos, and the Post; lost in the Microsoft garage

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we dive deep into DeepSeek, the AI project shaking up the tech world, to… Read More

UW study of how AI models portray teens finds strong negative associations

A University of Washington study on how artificial intelligence systems portray teenagers found that the systems’ reliance on media coverage… Read More

UW initiative ‘Society + Technology’ aims to foster broad collaboration at critical intersection

A new initiative at the University of Washington called Society + Technology, born out of a task force first assembled… Read More

Seattle creates downtown climate innovation hub to bolster clean energy sector

The City of Seattle, the University of Washington, the climate community organizer 9Zero, and a climate tech investment nonprofit called… Read More

University of Washington researchers craft method of fine-tuning AI chatbots for individual taste

As artificial intelligence chatbots are popping up to provide information in all sorts of applications, University of Washington researchers have… Read More

Uncommon Thinkers: Hanna Hajishirzi’s open approach to AI challenges the industry’s norms

Editor’s note: This series profiles five of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive… Read More

A mom and son with tech roots at the University of Washington launch trip-mapping startup

When I was searching for a hotel earlier this year for a volleyball tournament, I could easily find information on… Read More

Uncommon Thinkers: Ingrid Swanson Pultz devotes herself to improving lives through protein design

Editor’s note: This series profiles five of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive… Read More

Three UW students receive scholarship funds in honor of late Seattle entrepreneur Richard Tait

Three students are pursuing their dreams at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business with help from the “Richard… Read More

The winning ideas at the UW computer science school annual research showcase

Some of the top computer science engineers at the University of Washington showed off their latest work this week at… Read More

AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias

As employers increasingly use digital tools to process job applications, a new study from the University of Washington highlights the… Read More

Univ. of Washington selected for new federally funded Northwest innovation training hub

The University of Washington is part of a new federally selected Northwest Region Hub to support the commercialization and deployment… Read More

Archon Biosciences co-founders James Lazarovits and George Ueda

Archon Biosciences emerges from stealth with $20M to create tiny ‘Antibody Cages’

Three weeks after University of Washington biochemist David Baker won a Nobel Prize, the latest venture to spin out from… Read More

How AI is reshaping the University of Washington computer science school

Artificial intelligence is taking center stage at the University of Washington’s computer science school. The Paul G. Allen School of… Read More

These wearable cameras use AI to detect and prevent medication errors in operating rooms

In the high-stress conditions of operating rooms, emergency rooms and intensive care units, medical providers can swap syringes and vials,… Read More

UW MobiPrint

3D printing on the move: UW device can map a room and print custom items in desired space

Printing a new gadget or art piece from a tabletop 3D printer is all fine and good. But what if… Read More

Mars gullies with evidence of dusty ice deposits

Researchers suggest new place to look for microbial life on Mars: ice with bits of dust

Could microbes endure just beneath the surface of Mars, in layers of dusty ice exposed to just the right amount… Read More

Simony Survey Telescope mount assembly

‘We have a telescope!’ Rubin Observatory construction team installs its huge mirror

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter Simonyi Survey Telescope in Chile has now been equipped with all three of its… Read More

University of Washington’s David Baker wins Nobel Prize for designing proteins

University of Washington biochemist David Baker has won a share of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry for more than… Read More

Univ. of Washington lands $10M grant to launch a new center developing gen AI teaching tools

A University of Washington College of Education program that uses AI and chatbots to assist K-12 teachers was selected this… Read More

Putting the AI in Apple Cup: Send us your best images of Huskies and Cougars battling

The 2024 Apple Cup college football matchup between the University of Washington and Washington State University has a bit of… Read More

Seattle pioneer in AI weather forecasting helps Nvidia create groundbreaking new prediction tool

It was just five years ago that University of Washington atmospheric sciences professor Dale Durran published a paper with a… Read More

Crew 245 simulated EVA at Mars Society's Mars Desert Research Station in Utah

Mars Society brings its convention — plus strategies for space startups — to Seattle

What’s the best route to the Red Planet? Hundreds of people are converging on Seattle this week to consider that… Read More

Tech Moves: AI researcher Yejin Choi leaves Univ. of Washington and Allen Institute for AI

Yejin Choi, who was named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow and one of Time’s Most Influential People in AI for her… Read More

Comparison of simulated imagery, natural vs. artificial

Elon Musk’s claims about brain implants for artificial vision get a reality check

If Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain-implant venture succeeds in its effort to create next-generation brain implants for artificial vision, the devices… Read More

UW lands $50M from National Science Foundation to lead new center for research security

Backed by $50 million from the National Science Foundation, the University of Washington will lead a national consortium of research… Read More

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