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10:23 AM PDT Tech10:23 AM PDT The startup idea that convinced a UW computer science legend to leave Google after 27 years
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7:25 AM PDT Artificial Intelligence7:25 AM PDT He, it, but rarely she: When AI models write kids’ stories about animals, female characters vanish
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2:03 PM PDT Tech2:03 PM PDT SpaceX earnings: Elon Musk says Starlink could deliver most of the world’s internet within a decade
9:59 AM PDT Startups9:59 AM PDT Tech Moves: Salesforce/Tableau exec departs; startups AIM and Gravitics add to C-suite
7:54 AM PDT Tech7:54 AM PDT ‘Some things are better without AI’: How KEXP’s new tech chief will amplify human connection
10:38 AM PDT Amazon10:38 AM PDT Amazon tops $3 trillion and Microsoft surges as Wall Street sets aside AI spending fears, for now
9:05 AM PDT Education9:05 AM PDT UW’s Allen School names Dan Grossman interim director as Magdalena Balazinska shifts gears
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