GeekWire Podcasts – Page 6 of 37

Oct 14, 2023, 8:03 AM

Robots, AI, and the future of labor: An economic opportunity ‘way bigger than the steam engine’

The global conversation about robots and the workforce has shifted substantially in recent years, from widespread concerns about robots taking… Read More

Oct 7, 2023, 7:54 AM

What Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in court about Google, Apple, search, and the future of AI

You may have read the juicy sound bites from Satya Nadella in Google’s antitrust trial this week, as the Microsoft… Read More

Sep 30, 2023, 9:17 AM

Unpacking the FTC’s case vs. Amazon: What the landmark suit means for the e-commerce empire

The outcome of the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against Amazon could be years away. But there’s a chance we’re already… Read More

Sep 28, 2023, 7:00 AM

Lumen CEO Kate Johnson on Seattle tech, AI, lessons from Microsoft, and ‘cloudifying’ telecom

Kate Johnson is based in Denver in her role as Lumen Technologies CEO and president, but she has been spending… Read More

Sep 23, 2023, 7:27 AM

Longtime Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley is our Copilot on this week’s GeekWire Podcast

It was a big week for Microsoft, with the unveiling of the company’s latest Windows and AI features and new… Read More

Sep 16, 2023, 7:14 AM

Human creativity and AI: Catching up with Chris Pirillo on the GeekWire Podcast

Chris Pirillo is an entrepreneur, creator, event organizer, and online community leader who has been a guide to the world… Read More

Sep 14, 2023, 7:37 AM

Is Elon Musk calculated or crazed? Walter Isaacson discusses his new book on the GeekWire Podcast

You might not know it from his recent comments, but there was a time in the late-1990s when Elon Musk… Read More

Sep 9, 2023, 8:34 AM

Amazon’s robots and its larger vision for work: A conversation with robotics tech leader Tye Brady

Tye Brady, chief technologist for Amazon Robotics, joins us on a new episode of the GeekWire Podcast to talk about… Read More

Sep 2, 2023, 6:40 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Amazon is done debating RTO policy; Robot umps update; Summit sneak peek

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy made it clear in a recent internal meeting that he wants employees to “disagree and commit”… Read More

Aug 26, 2023, 6:42 AM

Shift AI Podcast: Madrona’s Matt McIlwain on Seattle’s place at the center of the AI universe

[Editor’s Note: On this week’s GeekWire Podcast, we’re featuring an episode of Shift AI, a podcast hosted by Boaz Ashkenazy,… Read More

Aug 19, 2023, 7:51 AM

Startups, AI, and productivity: The quest for real value, with Xembly CEO Pete Christothoulou

How can startups truly differentiate themselves in the new era of AI? We’ve been discussing that question recently on the… Read More

Aug 12, 2023, 9:38 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Mariners CEO and wireless pioneer John Stanton on the future of baseball

How can baseball embrace technology and new traditions while honoring its legacy and listening to its fans? Those were the… Read More

Aug 5, 2023, 8:03 AM

Amazon’s three-layered AI strategy, how AI startups can stand out, and hope for AI and humanity

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we look at how Amazon is positioning itself in the emerging era of generative… Read More

Jul 29, 2023, 7:18 AM

Inside drone startup Brinc, with the 23-year-old founder who landed OpenAI’s CEO as an investor

Brinc CEO and founder Blake Resnick was heads-down in a board meeting Wednesday when he heard a commotion in another… Read More

Jul 22, 2023, 7:26 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft’s big bet on the AI economy, and the risks on the road ahead

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft staked its financial claim in the AI gold rush this week, announcing pricing… Read More

Jul 20, 2023, 3:00 PM

Amazon’s Alexa chief on the rise of ChatGPT, and why the comparison isn’t fair to either

Why can’t Alexa users have sophisticated, nuanced voice interactions with Amazon’s assistant, similar to text-based conversations with OpenAI’s ChatGPT? That… Read More

Jul 15, 2023, 8:23 AM

Amazon’s Alexa and the rapid evolution of AI: A conversation with Alexa chief Rohit Prasad

Rohit Prasad grew up in the Star Trek era, fascinated by the idea of interacting with computers via voice. So… Read More

Jul 8, 2023, 7:30 AM

What generative AI means for cities: Municipal tech leaders face unique workplace and policy issues

If the use of generative AI in the workplace didn’t seem complicated enough already, just consider what it means for… Read More

Jul 1, 2023, 9:37 AM

Microsoft releases preview of AI-powered Windows Copilot, aiming to change how people use PCs

For more than four decades, since the 1980s, pointing and clicking has been the primary method of using a personal… Read More

Jun 24, 2023, 9:25 AM

OceanGate and Stockton Rush — the inside story, in his own words

“Our rule is, we risk capital — we don’t risk people.” That was a guiding principle for Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate,… Read More

Jun 21, 2023, 7:10 AM

Amazon vs. Walmart: Reporter and author Jason Del Rey on the ‘defining business clash’ of our era

Amazon famously professes to obsess about customers, not competitors, but if the company really wants to focus its business, concentrating… Read More

Jun 17, 2023, 7:57 AM

Data’s destiny: Former Microsoft and Snowflake exec Bob Muglia on the future of AI and humanity

This week: the origins of data, and the future of the digital species. Our guest on the GeekWire Podcast is… Read More

Jun 10, 2023, 8:29 AM

Apple vs. Microsoft: Vision Pro, HoloLens, and a familiar pattern in a classic tech rivalry

Some of Microsoft’s biggest missteps over the years have come not from being too late but rather too early, leaving… Read More

Jun 3, 2023, 7:51 AM

Voices from the Amazon walkout: Why some employees are speaking out and pushing back

Hundreds of Amazon employees walked out of the office in Seattle this week — gathering between the company’s towers while… Read More

May 27, 2023, 7:47 AM

GeekWire Podcast: AI hype vs. reality, returning to the office, and a driving tour of Amazon HQ

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we’re coming to you from our mobile recording studio, aka my car, as my… Read More

May 20, 2023, 10:01 AM

AI, startups, and Star Wars: Conversations from the 2023 GeekWire Awards

The theme at this week’s GeekWire Awards was Star Wars, but we didn’t need to go to a galaxy far,… Read More

May 13, 2023, 7:53 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Google I/O highlights, AI risks and rewards, and the future of creativity

We’re back this week on the GeekWire Podcast as humans, not bots, we promise, but we’ve still got a lot… Read More

May 6, 2023, 7:31 AM

We had our AI voice clones read an AI-generated GeekWire Podcast script — listen to the result

For all the hype over generative artificial intelligence, how far has AI really advanced? Where is the new line between… Read More

May 3, 2023, 7:11 AM

Saving squirrels and achieving ‘maximum smoke’ – insights from our STEM Educators of the Year

Today’s top STEM teachers embrace learning opportunities wherever they arise, whether it’s baby squirrels that have fallen from their nest,… Read More

Apr 29, 2023, 6:57 AM

AI and the future of human health: Leroy Hood on the new age of ‘scientific wellness’

Biomedicine pioneer Leroy Hood says that artificial intelligence will play a key role in the future of healthcare by accelerating… Read More