Artificial Intelligence – Page 9 of 28

Feb 1, 2025, 7:29 AM

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

Jan 29, 2025, 1:35 PM

Oregon legal tech startup raises $22M to fuel AI platform that speeds research, drafting and more

Paxton, a Bend, Ore.-based legal tech startup, raised $22 million to fuel growth of its AI-powered platform, the company announced… Read More

Jan 29, 2025, 12:00 PM

‘We live in amazing times’: Smartsheet leader calls AI a ‘gift’ that is transforming how we live and work

Praerit Garg is excited about going to work, thanks to artificial intelligence, which he refers to as “a gift.” The president… Read More

Jan 28, 2025, 2:09 PM

DeepSeek defense: Microsoft earnings will offer new chance to detail AI capital spending plans

Reporting quarterly earnings Wednesday afternoon, it will be tough for Microsoft to avoid the issue of the AI breakthroughs from… Read More

Jan 21, 2025, 7:21 PM

Microsoft and OpenAI tweak the terms of their cloud deal, enabling $500B Stargate AI project

Microsoft will no longer be the exclusive provider of new cloud computing capacity to OpenAI — a new twist in… Read More

Jan 21, 2025, 3:16 PM

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

Jan 15, 2025, 10:28 AM

WellSaid’s new AI voice tech will introduce ‘emotional directing’ for inflection and tone

A new AI model from WellSaid Labs will let users guide the emotions, pitch, and pace of AI-generated voice clips… Read More

Jan 15, 2025, 9:05 AM

Microsoft’s free 365 Copilot Chat will let business users access AI agents in bid to expand adoption

Microsoft is adding a new wrinkle to Microsoft 365 Copilot, its AI service for businesses, with a free chat experience… Read More

Jan 13, 2025, 8:26 AM

Microsoft creates new AI platform and tools division, led by former Facebook engineering chief

Microsoft is creating a new engineering division, led by the former global head of engineering at Facebook (now Meta), that… Read More

Jan 12, 2025, 9:00 AM

Take note in 2025: Why the new year is the time to revolutionize your personal organization

How do you take notes? What do you do with them? If you’re like most people, your system might feel… Read More

Jan 11, 2025, 7:36 AM

AI in 2025: A solopreneur software developer’s take on where things stand, and what’s next

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, Seattle-area software developer and AI entrepreneur Patrick Husting of Ghostwriter AI and the Equestrian… Read More

Jan 6, 2025, 6:00 AM

Windows 10’s days are numbered, and Microsoft is starting a big push for Windows 11 upgrades

Microsoft is looking to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week as a catalyst for Windows users to… Read More

Jan 4, 2025, 8:53 AM

‘From impossible to merely difficult’: AI collaborates with a vintage 1980s musical gadget

What happens when you mix modern AI with a piece of vintage technology and the musical stylings of a very… Read More

Jan 3, 2025, 1:17 PM

Microsoft offers U.S. a roadmap to win AI race vs. China, signals $80B in FY25 capital spending

The United States needs an overarching national strategy to ensure it prevails in the global AI race — focusing on… Read More

Dec 21, 2024, 7:22 AM

AI, tech talent, and regional innovation: A swan song from retiring WTIA CEO Michael Schutzler

Michael Schutzler, the newly retired CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA), joins us on this episode of the… Read More

Dec 18, 2024, 10:23 AM

A new era for Windows: Can Microsoft’s longtime engine power another tech revolution?

Microsoft is betting Windows on AI, hoping to breathe new life into one of the most successful products in tech history. Read More

Dec 11, 2024, 3:42 PM

Bitcoin gets almost no support from Microsoft shareholders, as AI data scrutiny tops voting

None of the six outside shareholder proposals at Microsoft’s annual meeting Tuesday won enough support for adoption, but the specific… Read More

Dec 11, 2024, 9:10 AM

Tech is major focus as Melinda French Gates gives $150M to increase workplace equality for women

Melinda French Gates is giving $150 million to a variety of groups to help remove barriers for women in the… Read More

Dec 5, 2024, 9:21 AM

Microsoft releases preview of voice-enabled ‘Copilot Vision’ AI browsing companion for Edge

A new opt-in Microsoft Edge feature, released in limited preview today, augments the browsing experience with AI that “sees” the… Read More

Dec 3, 2024, 12:19 PM

‘An easy button to get off Windows’: Amazon’s new AI moves Microsoft apps to Linux

LAS VEGAS — Amazon has a new use for AI: dumping Microsoft Windows. At the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference… Read More

Nov 30, 2024, 7:41 AM

AI, Google Docs, and the messiness of innovation, with Microsoft Deputy CTO Sam Schillace

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, our guest is Sam Schillace, a deputy CTO at Microsoft and author of the… Read More

Nov 27, 2024, 8:57 AM

How this startup used AI to keep raccoons from invading my house

If you’ve never woken up to find a raccoon hanging out on your living room carpet, let me tell you… Read More

Gary Marcus and Ted Chiang at Town Hall Seattle for AI forum

Nov 27, 2024, 7:39 AM

How do you tame AI? Scientist sees a need for regulating bots like drugs or airplanes

Have the risks of artificial intelligence risen to the point where more regulation is needed? Cognitive scientist Gary Marcus argues… Read More

Nov 25, 2024, 2:05 PM

WTIA report on AI landscape in Washington highlights state’s strengths and challenges

A new report from Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) offers a deep dive on the state’s artificial intelligence ecosystems, highlighting… Read More

Nov 22, 2024, 10:00 AM

Recall arrives: Windows Insiders on Copilot+ PCs finally getting preview of key Microsoft AI feature

After a series of delays, Microsoft is releasing a new build of Windows 11 to users in its Windows Insider… Read More

Nov 22, 2024, 6:35 AM

Amazon doubles total Anthropic investment to $8B, deepens AI partnership with Claude maker

Amazon will invest another $4 billion in Anthropic, the startup behind the Claude chatbot and AI platform, bringing its total… Read More

Nov 20, 2024, 6:00 AM

Washington’s former chief privacy officer raises $2.2M for startup using AI to predict legal cases

A Seattle tech veteran who was Washington state’s first chief privacy officer is the co-founder of a startup using artificial… Read More

Nov 8, 2024, 7:44 AM

AI habits die hard: Microsoft tweaks new Copilot sidebar for Edge after revamp roils users

For more than a year-and-a-half, users of Microsoft Edge for Windows had access to a powerful tool in the browser… Read More

Nov 8, 2024, 7:25 AM

As the AI era heats up, this startup has generated a novel way to cool data center microprocessors

The founders of GemaTEG Inc., a startup based in Bellevue, Wash., didn’t intend to make a system for precisely controlling… Read More

Nov 5, 2024, 8:56 AM

Will our AI creations ultimately achieve personhood? Here’s how it could happen

Some say artificial intelligence will be humanity’s greatest helper. Others warn that AI will become humanity’s most dangerous rival. But maybe there’s… Read More