How will “The Techno-Optimist Manifesto,” venture capitalist Marc Andreessen’s paean to economic growth and artificial intelligence, play to a wider audience? The reviews are in from two award-winning writers who… Read More
In a Seattle building full of history and nostalgia, the GeekWire Summit returned Thursday with an agenda focused on rapidly advancing technology and what it will mean for the future.… Read More
At the GeekWire Summit in Seattle today, we’re going to hear from a variety of speakers and panelists about how artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming society. The title of our… Read More
“The future of work will be less monotonous. AI will take care of it on the back end and free up time to do more critical thinking…you will challenge yourself… Read More
Everything in AI is in flux. In fact, a lack of predictability will define this new era. That was one of the overarching takeaways from the second annual Intelligent Applications… Read More
Depending on who you ask, artificial intelligence is getting too much attention — or not enough. That was one takeaway from my conversations last night at the opening reception for the… Read More
Don’t worry, this article will be short enough to not create a time-consuming task for readers looking to absorb its key points. Researchers don’t always have that luxury when they’re… Read More
A semi-stealthy startup called Neurophos says it’s raised $7 million in seed funding to support the development of a chip that makes use of metamaterials for heavy-duty AI applications. And… Read More
Over the next 50 years, will humanity become too attached to the artificial-intelligence agents that dictate the course of our lives? Or is forming a deep attachment the only way… Read More
Amazon will invest up to $4 billion and take a minority stake in Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company founded two years ago by former OpenAI executives and considered… Read More
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, the United Kingdom’s chief financial minister, visited Seattle on Friday as part of a West Coast tour to promote the expansion of the UK’s tech sector, and… Read More
“I think any pitch that doesn’t have AI in it is just not going to get a look unless the team is incredible… but it’d be unlikely that an incredible… Read More
After an afternoon featuring inspiring business leaders, group mindfulness breaks, and activities to help attendees tap into their authentic selves in their work and personal lives, one audience question about… Read More
It was tough, as usual, to keep up with the announcements coming out of Amazon’s fall Devices & Services event Wednesday morning. But in a change from the past, there… Read More
Amazon added a new artificial intelligence policy to its content guidelines for authors who distribute their work through its Kindle Direct Publishing platform, reacting to a wave of new books… Read More
Seattle tech leaders say their city is a hub for AI innovation. But you wouldn’t know it after scanning recent lists highlighting the most promising AI startups. There were two… Read More
[Editor’s Note: On this week’s GeekWire Podcast, we’re featuring an episode of Shift AI, a podcast hosted by Boaz Ashkenazy, CEO of AI solutions provider Simply Augmented, with guest Matt… Read More
ChatGPT and other next-generation strains of artificial intelligence have revolutionized the tech world over the past year, and policymakers are ramping up their efforts to respond. U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell,… Read More
How can startups truly differentiate themselves in the new era of AI? We’ve been discussing that question recently on the GeekWire Podcast, and on this episode, we’ll get a first-hand… Read More
Spencer Rascoff, Anna Rodriguez, and Tony Small spent years figuring out how to help small businesses convert leads into transactions when they worked together at Zillow Group. Now they’re teaming… Read More
Can I use this for homework? What’s the point of school if this can do all these things? That was the response from Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi‘s teenage son after… Read More
Amazon says it’s using artificial intelligence to automatically generate and present summaries of customer reviews, helping shoppers quickly understand the overall sentiment and key highlights about products before purchasing. The… Read More
As artificial intelligence and generative AI continue to dominate the focus of tech companies, American consumer sentiment about AI is mostly split, according to a new survey by Seattle venture… Read More
More and more companies are using AI and machine learning to boost their businesses. Zillow Group is no exception. “We want to make it easy for people to find homes… Read More
Wizards of the Coast will update its artist guidelines to prohibit the use of illustrations that were made with generative AI tools, after fans spotted telltale signs of AI art… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we look at how Amazon is positioning itself in the emerging era of generative artificial intelligence. We play and assess clips of Amazon CEO… Read More
The chart below is what Amazon’s net sales look like in raw numbers over the past several years, broken down into the major business segments reported by the Seattle-based company.… Read More
In a building that used to be a grocery store in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood this week, the future of art and technology converged in a display and discussion around… Read More
Seattle biotech startup A-Alpha Bio raised $22.4 million to boost development of its machine learning platform that analyzes protein-protein interactions. A-Alpha Bio, a spinout of the Institute for Protein Design… Read More
Investors will be looking for early signs of traction from Microsoft’s artificial intelligence investments Tuesday afternoon when the company reports results for its fiscal fourth quarter. They’ll likely need to… Read More