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AI2

Allen Institute spinout Lexion lands $4.2M to help companies manage legal contracts with AI

Where there are lawyers, there are paper contracts — lots of them. A Seattle startup has come up with a… Read More

True story: Fake news generator created by neural network researchers aims to fight disinformation

In the battle for AI supremacy, the best defense is a good offense. That’s the philosophy behind Grover, a neural… Read More

Tech Moves: F5 Networks lands former Marketo and J.P. Morgan execs; AI2 adds managing director; Groupon snags REI vet; and more

— It’s a big day for Seattle-based F5 Networks, which just named two senior executives. Mika Yamamoto joined the firm… Read More

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Is it really time to break up Big Tech? A reality check on Sen. Warren’s ambitious proposal

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s ambitious plan to regulate Facebook, Google and Amazon as utilities and roll back some of their… Read More

Geek of the Week: Allen Institute for AI researcher Daniel King already winning in quest to make world a better place

Daniel King already landed a spot on a winning team when he was selected as a Predoctoral Young Investigator at the… Read More

Microsoft Academic Graph

AI2 joins forces with Microsoft Research to upgrade search tools for scientific studies

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, also known as AI2, is partnering with Microsoft Research to widen the sphere of… Read More

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AI2’s Semantic Scholar spices up academic search engine with blogs, videos and more

You wouldn’t use an academic search engine to look for cat videos — but if there’s a video with cats… Read More

GeekWork Picks: ExpertVoice Seeks Senior Software Development Engineer

Have you ever bought a product because someone you follow on Instagram recommended it? That’s exactly what ExpertVoice is counting… Read More

AI2 taps University of Washington researcher to lead $125M ‘common sense AI’ initiative

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Seattle is making an ambitious bid to give AI common sense, a major factor… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Salesforce seeks cyber security professional for Infrastructure Security team

Most know Salesforce for its massive customer relationship management and cloud technology. But who keeps all of that data safe?… Read More

FAIR competition? Facebook creates official AI labs in Seattle and Pittsburgh, vying for top talent

After months of work to beef up its artificial intelligence research teams in Seattle and Pittsburgh, Facebook is acknowledging that… Read More

Working Geek: Artificial intelligence engineering leader Michael Schmitz loves GitHub, Google Pixel and list making

For Michael Schmitz, working at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) is arguably the best of all worlds. Schmitz,… Read More

Tech Moves: Allen Institute hires Amazon Alexa machine learning leader ; Microsoft chairman takes on new investor role; and more

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) has attracted another top player in the AI world. Doug Raymond, a longtime AI… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Valant seeks DevOps engineer to support electronic health records system

Electronic Health Records (EHR) are commonplace in doctors’ offices and hospitals around the world. They help doctors track a patient’s medical… Read More

Facebook escalates AI talent wars, makes key hire from Paul Allen’s AI2 in push to grow Seattle team

Facebook has made a high-profile hire as part of a plan to expand its AI research team in Seattle —… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Be an ocean science software engineer to support climate research

The University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory was established in the 1940’s to support the U.S. Navy with technology. Today,… Read More

AI common-sense problem

How Paul Allen’s plan to make AI more sensible aims to keep us humans safer

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s new $125 million initiative to give artificial intelligence programs more common sense has another goal that’s… Read More

Paul Allen to invest $125M for new ‘common sense AI’ project, aims to achieve ‘major breakthroughs’

Paul Allen is pouring more money into artificial intelligence research. The Microsoft co-founder on Wednesday announced Project Alexandria, a new… Read More

GeekWork Picks: AI2 seeks engineer to manage machine learning annotation pipelines

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence is doing some of the most interesting AI and machine learning work in the… Read More

Tech Moves: Seattle startup vet Gaurav Oberoi joins Paul Allen’s AI initiative; Axon scoops up Nokia vision team; PitchBook hires Marchex exec

Gaurav Oberoi, an entrepreneur and startup executive known for co-founding Precision Polling, BillMonk and SurveyMonkey Audience, has joined the Allen… Read More

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Allen Institute for AI sets up CTO residency program to link engineers with mentors

Is technical expertise the key to success in the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence market? Or is it entrepreneurship? Top-notch… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Discuss.io seeks senior software engineer to evolve cloud-based video conferencing

Discuss.io is targeting a very specific niche: Making it easier and more affordable for companies around the globe to do market research.… Read More

New incubator program at Paul Allen’s AI institute accepts English learning startup

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) has accepted the first startup as part of its new incubator program. Seattle-based AI2 announced… Read More

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Entrepreneurs swarm to get in on the idea factories at Intellectual Ventures and AI2

Less than two months after Intellectual Ventures and the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence put out the call for entrepreneurs,… Read More

Paul Allen’s AI institute expands startup incubator after successful artificial intelligence spinouts

Paul Allen’s artificial intelligence experts are aiming to generate a new wave of AI startups in Seattle. The Microsoft co-founder’s Allen… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Accolade seeks engineers to fuel artificial intelligence revolution in healthcare

Anyone who’s visited a hospital or clinic in the United States knows that being a healthcare consumer is a difficult… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Allen Institute seeks applied research scientist to develop AI-fueled search platform

Some of the most interesting technological innovations today stem from artificial intelligence and machine learning. Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial… Read More

Academic search engines

Microsoft, Google and Baidu team up with Paul Allen’s AI2 on Open Academic Search

Microsoft, Google and Baidu may be competitors in the business world, but when it comes to open-access academic resources, they’re… Read More

Oren Etzioni

What’s new at AI2? Paul Allen’s AI institute wins honors, and hints at more to come

Three years after its founding, Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence is racking up recognition in the field of AI… Read More

Xnor.ai spins out from Paul Allen’s AI2 incubator, raises $2.6M to put AI in every device

Bringing artificial intelligence technology into the hands of consumers and businesses is no easy task; doing so takes a ton of… Read More

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