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Artificial Intelligence

Oren Etzioni and Mike Grabham
Feb 27, 2019, 10:55 AM

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

Daedalus crew
Feb 18, 2019, 10:59 AM

Artificial intelligence — and a few jokes — will help keep future Mars crews sane

WASHINGTON, D.C. — When the first human explorers head for Mars, they’re likely to have a non-human judging their performance… Read More

XNOR engineers and CEO with chip
Feb 13, 2019, 6:00 AM

Xnor shrinks AI to fit on a solar-powered chip, opening up big frontiers on the edge

It was a big deal two and a half years ago when researchers shrunk down an image-recognition program to fit… Read More

AI illustration: N. Hanacek / NIST
Feb 11, 2019, 6:00 PM

White House initiative will boost artificial intelligence research and data-sharing

The White House is moving forward with the American AI Initiative, a set of policies aimed at focusing the full… Read More

AllenAI
Feb 5, 2019, 7:00 AM

Artificial intelligence plays on your team in Iconary, a picture puzzle game from AI2

For decades, the games that put artificial intelligence to the test have been played human vs. machine – whether it’s checkers,… Read More

Jan 31, 2019, 8:24 AM

Super surgeons: Proprio aims to bring computer vision and AI to the operating room

Seattle startup Proprio Vision wants to overhaul how surgeons see. At least, that’s the admittedly ambitious first step toward its… Read More

Jeff Bezos and robot dog
Jan 17, 2019, 7:57 AM

Amazon launches re:MARS event focusing on AI, as second stage to invite-only MARS

Amazon’s annual invitation-only event on machine learning, automation, robotics and space — known as Mars — has become a high-tech highlight for… Read More

Mouse vocalizations
Jan 4, 2019, 3:46 PM

What did the mice say? DeepSqueak uses AI to translate ultrasonic vocalizations

Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine have developed a software program that enlists artificial intelligence to decipher… Read More

Jan 3, 2019, 12:41 PM

Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies go live with AI engine for universal diagnostic blood test

It’s been one day short of a year since Microsoft partnered with Adaptive Biotechnologies to create a blood test with… Read More

Dec 21, 2018, 1:00 PM

Q&A: Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott talks diversity, taking some load off Satya Nadella, and whether the company needs to be cool

A company doesn’t have to be cool to make an impact — just ask Microsoft. The tech giant is, depending… Read More

Dec 18, 2018, 7:00 AM

AI-focused tech studio Hypergiant acquires Seattle-based app developer Black Pixel

Black Pixel, a Seattle-based creative agency that develops apps for ESPN, Twitter, Starbucks, and other top brands, has been acquired… Read More

Dec 12, 2018, 10:28 AM

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

Dec 9, 2018, 1:03 PM

‘Are you there, God? It’s me, Alexa.’ Tech and religious leaders ponder the future of AI together

Can a computer become God? Or, more to the point, could humans invent AI that can convincingly impersonate God —… Read More

Nov 29, 2018, 4:00 AM

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

Nov 28, 2018, 4:29 PM

Leading University of Washington professor joins AI2 as artificial intelligence talent wars continue

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence research organizations, has hired yet another… Read More

Nov 14, 2018, 8:36 AM

Microsoft acquires bot studio XOXCO to boost conversational AI offerings

Microsoft has acquired XOXCO, an Austin-based company that builds bots and conversational artificial intelligence tools, the latest in a series… Read More

AI2 headquarters
Nov 8, 2018, 6:00 AM

AI2’s Semantic Scholar spices up academic search engine with blogs, videos and more

You wouldn’t use an academic search engine to look for cat videos — but if there’s a video with cats… Read More

AI device to predict wildfires
Oct 29, 2018, 4:06 PM

Google kicks off a $25M competition for ideas that promote ‘AI for Social Good’

Google today unveiled a $25 million initiative called the Google AI Impact Challenge, aimed at soliciting and supporting projects that… Read More

Oct 26, 2018, 10:51 AM

Virtual interior designer Stylyze raises cash to transform how shoppers find home decor, apparel

Do you ever get that feeling when you walk into a beautiful home, and wish you had the magic touch… Read More

Oct 21, 2018, 12:00 PM

AI is integral to the future of healthcare — but for now, so are humans

Artificial intelligence has been around for half a century, but it has only recently become a real player in the… Read More

Boeing computing
Oct 17, 2018, 10:39 AM

Boeing steps up its focus on ‘Disruptive Computing and Networks’ for aerospace

Boeing is raising its profile on computational frontiers ranging from artificial intelligence to quantum communications by setting up a new… Read More

Oct 13, 2018, 7:00 AM

Voice-first, AI, AR: Three technologies race to again change how we shop

Ecommerce is known for its waves of innovation. From the rise of pure-plays to the advent of multi-channel and subscription… Read More

Sep 27, 2018, 11:50 PM

GeekWire Elevator Pitch Ep. 9: AI startups make case for final spot in entrepreneurial competition

OK, startup fans. It’s time for the final episode of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch, the fun startup competition where entrepreneurs pitch… Read More

Elephant image recognition
Sep 26, 2018, 10:54 AM

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

Sep 18, 2018, 12:00 PM

Microsoft adds AI and mixed reality capabilities to Dynamics 365 business apps as it battles Salesforce

Microsoft is putting some additional horsepower behind its Dynamics 365 business applications, with the addition of new artificial intelligence tools… Read More

Sep 13, 2018, 12:07 PM

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

Sep 12, 2018, 4:09 PM

Backed by former Google China leader Kai-Fu Lee, OneClick is building an ‘Excel for AI’

Equipped with an experienced founding team and investment from a renowned artificial intelligence expert, OneClick.AI is on a mission to… Read More

Human transport device
Sep 8, 2018, 1:40 PM

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

Aug 11, 2018, 10:37 AM

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

Aug 6, 2018, 5:03 PM

TLDR: A more ‘humanlike’ Alexa, Spin’s uncertain future in Seattle, fighting robots at Seattle Art Fair

Today’s featured stories A more ‘humanlike’ Alexa? Amazon shows off ‘home of the future’ and what’s next for voice AI… Read More

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