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Jun 19, 2024, 2:00 PM

Shift AI Podcast: How AI is shaking up the worlds of media, marketing, and startups

How is artificial intelligence making marketers more productive? How are journalists approaching the ethical dilemmas inherent to AI content creation?… Read More

Jun 18, 2024, 3:15 PM

Butterflies takes flight with $4.8M, launches social media platform combining AI and human content

Butterflies, a Bellevue, Wash.-based social media platform that combines human and AI-generated content, launched Tuesday after raising $4.8 million in… Read More

Jun 15, 2024, 8:12 AM

Cybersecurity in the age of AI: A conversation with Amazon Chief Security Officer Steve Schmidt

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Jun 13, 2024, 6:00 AM

Collaborative Robotics hires a former Amazon AI leader, opens Seattle office after $100M round

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Jun 10, 2024, 6:32 PM

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Entrepreneurs building AI-fueled startups may soon have a new resource in Seattle, thanks to an effort from city and state… Read More

Jun 8, 2024, 8:24 AM

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Jun 5, 2024, 8:22 AM

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Victor Cho wants to reimagine the way people communicate at work. Cho, the former CEO of Evite, is leading a… Read More

Jun 4, 2024, 9:02 AM

80 years after D-Day, Microsoft uses AI to enhance archival materials and keep memories alive

Microsoft is using artificial intelligence to help preserve the history of D-Day, 80 years after allied forces landed on the… Read More

Jun 4, 2024, 7:51 AM

The rise of AI at JPMorgan Chase — and how Jamie Dimon used a chatbot to prepare for Elon Musk

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon doesn’t need to be sold on the value of AI. The world’s largest bank has… Read More

Jun 3, 2024, 2:34 PM

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A couple of high-tech workers are part of the crew helping to construct a new residential tower in Seattle’s Belltown… Read More

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Jun 3, 2024, 6:42 AM

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Enterprise artificial intelligence company Xembly told users that it’s discontinuing its “customer-facing services,” which included an AI assistant that automatically… Read More

Jun 1, 2024, 8:00 AM

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May 29, 2024, 8:05 AM

Former Amazon exec turns his AI knowledge into a startup advising companies on how to use the tech

After he left Amazon following more than eight years as an executive working on such things as last-mile delivery innovation… Read More

May 23, 2024, 11:55 AM

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Perhaps you’ve heard the admonishment “look at me when I’m speaking to you.” But what if while wearing headphones you… Read More

May 22, 2024, 6:29 AM

How Amazon’s new cloud chief Matt Garman will approach the big challenges ahead

Three executives from Amazon Web Services were meeting with a top CIA tech leader, trying to come up with a… Read More

May 20, 2024, 10:27 AM

Microsoft unveils ‘Copilot + PC’ initiative in new bid to revitalize Windows with AI

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft showed new integrations between its Copilot artificial intelligence technologies and its Windows PC operating system, and… Read More

May 16, 2024, 12:00 PM

Too many newsletters in your inbox? Former Alexa engineer uses AI to turn content into daily podcasts

After about three years at Amazon working on Alexa voice services, Pierson Marks listened to his own internal dialogue and… Read More

May 13, 2024, 8:10 AM

QuickBooks for legal docs: Seattle startup Aerial raises $2M to help companies organize key data

Seeking to untangle the mess of documents and data that companies hold onto and wade through, Seattle startup Aerial raised… Read More

May 13, 2024, 8:07 AM

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

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Shift AI Podcast: How AI is evolving in 2024, with Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Pablo Castro

As a distinguished engineer working on the Microsoft Azure AI Search team, Pablo Castro has insight into the inner workings… Read More

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Microsoft plans to invest $3.3 billion in an artificial intelligence-related initiative in Wisconsin, giving a boost to President Joe Biden’s… Read More

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Legal-tech startup uses AI to search relevant case history to better predict case outcomes

Predict.law, a stealthy new Seattle-area legal-tech startup, is using artificial intelligence to help attorneys and their law firms better predict… Read More

May 7, 2024, 4:00 AM

NVIDIA invests in AI-powered weed zapping ag-tech startup Carbon Robotics

Seattle ag-tech startup Carbon Robotics has a new investment from NVentures, the venture capital arm of NVIDIA, to fuel the… Read More

May 3, 2024, 4:21 PM

Seattle TV station says enough already with the AI and Photoshop-generated zebra memes

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Apr 30, 2024, 9:00 AM

AI startup’s new tool creates music for video footage without requiring text prompts

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Apr 30, 2024, 7:00 AM

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Apr 29, 2024, 9:26 AM

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