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Ex-Allen Institute for AI scientists form stealthy AI startup, with former Ai2 CEO Oren Etzioni

A group of former Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) research leaders have formed a new Seattle-based artificial intelligence startup, Vercept.… Read More

Allen Institute for AI challenges DeepSeek on key benchmarks with big new open-source AI model

The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) released a supersized version of its Tülu 3 AI model, aiming to further advance… Read More

Tech Moves: AI researcher Yejin Choi leaves Univ. of Washington and Allen Institute for AI

Yejin Choi, who was named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow and one of Time’s Most Influential People in AI for her… Read More

Allen Institute for AI’s new office lease bolsters an emerging artificial intelligence corridor in Seattle

Despite its significance in the world of artificial intelligence, the Allen Institute for AI (AI2) can be tough to find… Read More

Allen Institute for AI promises new insights into large language models with OLMo release

The Allen Institute for AI (AI2) on Thursday released a highly anticipated open-source large language model, along with the underlying… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: NY Times vs. Microsoft; Plus, Oren Etzioni on AI in 2023 and beyond

“The biggest surprise is that AI used to be narrow. … And when you went from one application to the… Read More

Google’s ‘Gemini’ bridges the AI divide, but artificial general intelligence remains elusive

In the past year, generative AI has taken the world by storm. The pace of advancement has been little short… Read More

Tech Moves: Nordstrom names chief information security officer; Meta research scientist joins AI2

— Nicole Ford joined Nordstrom as chief information security officer. Ford previously served as vice president and CISO at Rockwell Automation,… Read More

Walmart tech vet, AI2 research scientists are behind new Seattle startup Spiffy

A group of “LLM hipsters” are behind a new AI startup in Seattle emerging from stealth mode and aiming to… Read More

AI-powered ‘VC pitch coach’ from Yoodli helps startup founders prepare to face investors

A new feature from Seattle startup Yoodli uses artificial intelligence to help startup founders prepare to pitch their businesses to… Read More

Speed read: This new AI-powered tool helps researchers skim through scientific papers

Don’t worry, this article will be short enough to not create a time-consuming task for readers looking to absorb its… Read More

Satlas view of Earth land masses.

AI2 and Microsoft use satellite images plus artificial intelligence to monitor the planet

Geospatial data analysis promises to revolutionize the way agriculture, urban planning and disaster relief is done — and thanks to… Read More

Allen Institute for AI takes new approach to managing AI risks and promoting transparency

Artificial intelligence is becoming more deeply embedded in our world, enabling all sorts of new possibilities — but also raising… Read More

Apple machine learning leader Ali Farhadi named CEO of Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Ali Farhadi, a computer vision specialist and startup founder who most recently led Apple’s machine learning initiatives, will rejoin the… Read More

Allen Institute for AI creating an open generative AI language model ‘by scientists, for scientists’

You can’t read the news today without seeing a story about the latest advances in artificial intelligence, particularly in the… Read More

AI2 Incubator raises $30M fund to boost more startups amid AI gold rush

The Seattle-based AI2 Incubator raised a fresh $30 million pre-seed fund to invest in more “AI-first” startups. The incubator’s second… Read More

AI2 researchers release new multimodal approach to boost AI capabilities using images and audio

Our world is a nuanced and complex place, best experienced through the mixed modalities of our senses. Given this, AI… Read More

OpenAI’s ChatGPT bot sparks excitement and concern from investors, entrepreneurs, researchers

“Extremely impressive.” “Incredibly rich.” “Super exciting.” That’s how tech leaders are describing ChatGPT, the new conversational chatbot model released last… Read More

New spinout from AI2 lands $4M to quell ICU alarms and make the hospital a quieter place

A new startup out of Seattle’s AI2 Incubator raised $4 million to reduce alarms from devices attached to patients in… Read More

Startup partners with AI2 to help people access information in research studies

A new startup, Consensus, is partnering with the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) to help make the information in… Read More

Stealthy AI2 spinout led by Napster co-founder unveils AI-powered sidekick

Augment AI wants to be your AI-powered sidekick. The Seattle startup, which spun out of the Allen Institute for AI (AI2), emerged… Read More

AI thrilled the video star: Seattle musician uses unique tech to generate imagery for his song

Someone once famously said that “video killed the radio star.” Forty-one years after that song helped ironically launch MTV, the… Read More

Amazon vets launch Unwrap, a new AI2 spinout that aggregates and analyzes customer feedback

The news: Unwrap, an AI-powered natural language processor that aggregates and analyzes user feedback, raised $3 million after going through… Read More

Oren Etzioni stepping down as CEO of Allen Institute for AI after nine years at research hub

Oren Etzioni, the founding CEO of Seattle’s Allen Institute for AI, is stepping down from the artificial intelligence research organization… Read More

Noteworthy spinout: Flowdex comes out of Seattle’s AI2 with app using AI to manage notes

Are you a prolific note taker looking for a new app to help manage all that information? Well, take note… Read More

Podcast

Startups, superheroes, and the economy at a crossroads: Voices from Seattle’s tech community

After holding the GeekWire Awards virtually for the past two years, there was a feeling of real catharsis Thursday evening… Read More

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Yoodli opens up its free website to improve public speaking — and adds in some games

Six months after coming out of stealth mode, a Seattle AI startup called Yoodli is raising the curtain on a… Read More

Inside the AI2 Incubator: Microsoft co-founder’s unfinished legacy fuels quest for new AI startups

As a key figure in the PC revolution, late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen understood the power of new technologies to… Read More

Zoe Kravitz in "Kimi"

Does ‘Kimi’ deliver the goods? Thriller aims to capitalize on Alexa, Siri … and Seattle’s tech cachet

Once again, Seattle’s tech scene provides the backdrop for a high-profile movie on HBO Max — but this time, it’s… Read More

Napster co-founder leads secretive Seattle startup that just raised $3.5M to ‘supercharge productivity’

The news: A group of experienced entrepreneurs and technologists have teamed up to lead a new Seattle startup that aims… Read More

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