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Artificial Intelligence

Feb 22, 2024, 10:30 AM

Finpilot, a Seattle startup using generative AI to help financial analysts with research, raises $4M

Seattle startup Finpilot raised a $4 million investment round led by Madrona to help fuel its “ChatGPT for financial questions”… Read More

Feb 12, 2024, 8:30 AM

Can AI improve your dating game? Startup’s speech analysis tool offers practice and feedback

The days of talking into a mirror to psych yourself up to ask someone on a date have given way… Read More

Feb 7, 2024, 8:05 AM

Microsoft’s Copilot Super Bowl ad signals an AI strategy shift

Microsoft unveiled a Super Bowl ad for its Copilot artificial intelligence assistant — seizing a high-profile opportunity to gloss over… Read More

Feb 3, 2024, 7:51 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Apple Vision Pro, a developer’s take; Detecting and defusing AI deepfakes

First up this week on the GeekWire Podcast: an inside look at developing software for the Apple Vision Pro spatial… Read More

Feb 1, 2024, 12:16 PM

Amazon unveils ‘Rufus’ AI shopping assistant, rolling out in coming weeks in mobile app

Amazon is integrating an AI assistant called Rufus into its mobile shopping app. The new generative AI feature, just announced,… Read More

Jan 31, 2024, 6:02 AM

New nonpartisan AI nonprofit TrueMedia, led by Oren Etzioni, is making a political deepfake detector

A new nonprofit, nonpartisan technology organization called TrueMedia is developing an AI-powered tool to detect deepfake videos, photos, and audio,… Read More

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Jan 30, 2024, 10:12 AM

Microsoft AI engineer says company thwarted attempt to expose DALL-E 3 safety problems

This post has been updated with Microsoft and OpenAI comments, and additional context from Microsoft engineer Shane Jones in response… Read More

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Jan 30, 2024, 6:00 AM

Fuse leads $6M round for Quindar, which uses AI for satellite support and is partnering with KSAT

A space-centric startup called Quindar says it has successfully closed an oversubscribed $6 million funding round that will give a… Read More

Jan 24, 2024, 12:45 PM

Nomad Go raises $1.5M to power computer vision software that automatically counts inventory

Nomad Go has pivoted from counting people to counting inventory. The Bellevue, Wash.-based startup raised $1.5 million to help power… Read More

Jan 17, 2024, 9:01 AM

Scientists are using AI to study bee behavior, zebra movement, and insects on treadmills

The halls at a recent meeting of biologists in Seattle were buzzing with more than just the usual excitement about… Read More

Jan 16, 2024, 2:46 PM

Seattle-area mentoring nonprofit with a global reach adds generative AI to toolkits for job seekers

A Seattle-area nonprofit helping disadvantaged job seekers around the world is adding generative artificial intelligence to the toolkit for its… Read More

Jan 12, 2024, 7:00 AM

New Seattle startup Avante raises $10M, led by former Olive AI execs and ex-Amperity CEO

A new Seattle-based startup called Avante confirmed that it raised $10 million in a seed funding round led by Fuse… Read More

Jan 10, 2024, 1:04 PM

Valve Software reveals new rules for AI-powered game development on Steam

The developers behind the popular digital gaming storefront Steam have implemented a new set of guidelines that govern the use… Read More

Jan 10, 2024, 10:47 AM

Can a 42-member AI task force get anything done? Hearing raises questions about Wash. state plan

Representatives of different groups offered their input on the scope, timeline, goals, and, in some cases, the necessity of a… Read More

Portrait of Court Corley, chief scientist for AI at PNNL
Jan 3, 2024, 9:00 AM

Pacific Northwest National Lab’s chief scientist for AI finds links between tech and national security

Bringing artificial intelligence to bear on issues relating to nuclear weapons might sound like the stuff of a scary sci-fi… Read More

Dec 27, 2023, 9:08 AM

The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for training AI chatbots on its copyrighted work

The New York Times filed a lawsuit Wednesday against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the companies of copyright infringement for training… Read More

Dec 27, 2023, 8:00 AM

How generative AI could change the way video games are developed, tested, and played

Video game companies are dipping their toes into the rapidly-evolving world of generative AI with behind-the-scenes development. It may soon… Read More

Dec 26, 2023, 8:14 AM

AI could make us conversant with critters, unlocking conservation tools – and serious risks

My whippet Roxy is smart. She understands dozens of words and phrases well beyond sit and stay. She’ll “go find… Read More

Dec 19, 2023, 2:12 PM

Wizards of the Coast doubles down on generative AI stance, says artists are ‘what makes D&D great’

In response to social media criticism, Wizards of the Coast has released a statement that further clarifies its stance on… Read More

Dec 19, 2023, 1:20 PM

Startup creates AI Santa, using its tech to facilitate believable voice calls for the naughty and nice

If artificial intelligence is indeed coming for people’s jobs, this week would be a good time to start, to help… Read More

Dec 15, 2023, 5:00 AM

Sam Altman’s venture fund invests $3M in startup using humans and AI to keep people on task

Shelpful, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that combines artificial intelligence and human empathy to help people stay on task and get… Read More

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Dec 14, 2023, 5:52 PM

Pacific NW National Lab opens AI center to concentrate on science, security, energy

The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is shining a brighter spotlight on artificial intelligence by creating the Center… Read More

Dec 11, 2023, 8:16 AM

Microsoft tries to address AI labor concerns with new AFL-CIO pact and ‘neutrality framework’

Microsoft announced a new agreement with the AFL-CIO, the country’s largest federation of unions, that seeks to address concerns about… Read More

Dec 7, 2023, 10:47 AM

Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic and other Microsoft shareholders press company on AI safety

Is Microsoft moving too quickly to capitalize on artificial intelligence at the expense of long-term shareholder value? That was a… Read More

Dec 1, 2023, 7:30 AM

Why this enterprise software investor is bullish on AI — and how she’s assessing new startups

Sheila Gulati spent the past decade as managing director of Tola Capital immersed in cloud transformation, investing in cutting-edge enterprise… Read More

Nov 26, 2023, 9:00 AM

Could AI become conscious? Physicists and neuroscientists search for answers

Will artificial intelligence serve humanity — or will it spawn a new species of conscious digital beings with their own… Read More

Nov 18, 2023, 8:12 AM

Sam Altman’s ouster puts a new twist into OpenAI’s complicated relationship with Microsoft

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was as bullish as ever about artificial intelligence and the ChatGPT maker’s latest advances when he… Read More

Nov 15, 2023, 10:31 AM

UW computer science research event offers a glimpse of the future at the dawn of AI

Inside one of the University of Washington’s computer science buildings on Tuesday evening, students showed off smart earrings that monitor… Read More

Emily Bender and Ted Chiang on stage
Nov 12, 2023, 9:00 AM

Is artificial intelligence all that intelligent? AI influencers worry about wishful thinking

What do you get when you put two of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people on artificial intelligence together in… Read More

Nov 11, 2023, 8:12 AM

‘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

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