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Policing AI: Is it a task for government, industry, consumers or all of the above?

by Alan Boyle on April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 at 4:08 pmComment

It may not yet be clear how societies will guard against the potential downside of artificial intelligence — including algorithmic bias, invasions of privacy and unjustified profiling — but it’s… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Science fiction literature, biases in AI, and helping businesses go global

by Nicole Tanner on April 12, 2019April 12, 2019 at 11:00 amComment

— “We earth men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things.” That statement seems eerily on point for what’s going on in the world right now, but it’s actually… Read More

Senosis Health founder Shwetak Patel confirms he’s working on healthcare for Google

by James Thorne on April 8, 2019April 8, 2019 at 10:49 amComment

It has been nearly two years since Google quietly acquired Senosis Health, a Seattle startup that figured out how to turn ordinary smartphones into monitoring devices to detect pulmonary function,… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Celebrating the first man in space and exploring underwater artifacts

by Nicole Tanner on April 5, 2019April 4, 2019 at 4:34 pmComment

More than 60 years ago, the world got serious about exploring space. The global fascination with the great beyond led to a massive race between the United States and the… Read More

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

by Nicole Tanner on March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 at 10:00 amComment

There’s a lot of buzz and hype on AI, ML, deep-learning, within Microsoft and the competition, and for good reasons! But, how can you easily learn about it without being… Read More

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The Impact of AI on Future Workforce

by Nicole Tanner on March 12, 2019March 20, 2019 at 5:32 pmComment

Today, one of the hottest futurist topics we love to talk about is Artificial Intelligence. Nearly everyone is interested in how AI will impact the work they do. Not all questions… Read More

Turing Award honors a different kind of AI network with ‘Nobel Prize of computing’

by Alan Boyle on March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 at 1:15 pmComment

The three recipients of the Association for Computing Machinery’s 2018 Turing Award, known as the “Nobel Prize of computing,” are sharing the $1 million award for their pioneering work with… Read More

Microsoft will be adding AI ethics to its standard checklist for product release

by Alan Boyle on March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 at 5:44 pm1 Comment

Microsoft will “one day very soon” add an ethics review focusing on artificial-intelligence issues to its standard checklist of audits that precede the release of new products, according to Harry… Read More

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Party like it’s $1,999: Jeff Bezos and Robert Downey Jr. will headline re:MARS fest in Vegas

by Alan Boyle on March 14, 2019April 19, 2019 at 10:17 am 2 Comments

Amazon didn’t have to look very far for one of the biggest headliners due to appear at re:MARS, the Seattle-based company’s open-to-the-public event focusing on artificial intelligence and other tech… Read More

Study tracks China’s ‘startling’ challenge to America in artificial intelligence research

by Alan Boyle on March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 at 11:00 am1 Comment

China wants to become the world leader in artificial intelligence by 2030 — but a new analysis by Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, or AI2, suggests that Chinese researchers… Read More

Who’ll serve as AI’s watchdog? Experts trade suggestions at AI2 policy workshop

by Alan Boyle on March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 at 5:57 pmComment

Do we need a National Algorithm Safety Board? How about licensing the software developers who work on critical artificial intelligence platforms? Who should take the lead when it comes to… Read More

AI2’s Oren Etzioni to entrepreneurs: It’s not too late to ride the machine-learning wave

by Alan Boyle on February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 at 10:46 pm1 Comment

It may seem as if everyone’s already on the bandwagon for artificial intelligence and machine learning, with players ranging from giants like Amazon and Microsoft to startups like Xnor.ai and… Read More

Bill Gates lists 10 breakthrough technologies that address ‘important challenges’ of our time

by Kurt Schlosser on February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 at 10:41 am 4 Comments

In his quest to solve, or have a hand in solving, some of the world’s more pressing problems, Bill Gates has no doubt been presented with a range of evolving… Read More

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Artificial intelligence — and a few jokes — will help keep future Mars crews sane

by Alan Boyle on February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 at 2:47 pm 2 Comments

WASHINGTON, D.C. — When the first human explorers head for Mars, they’re likely to have a non-human judging their performance and tweaking their interpersonal relationships when necessary. NASA and outside… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Hacking education, comic books, artificial intelligence and robotics

by Nicole Tanner on February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 at 7:19 pmComment

It seems like we’ve moved to the Midwest or East Coast with Seattle weather lately. And days like these make us think about how technology can help kids continue to… Read More

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Reality Check: Augmented Intelligence is the Future of Healthcare

by Nicole Tanner on January 22, 2019February 6, 2019 at 12:57 pmComment

Augmented Intelligence has the potential to disrupt the medical device world. Explore the implications, responsibilities, and adoption challenges that AI may present to the healthcare industry in our second DeviceConnect… Read More

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Xnor shrinks AI to fit on a solar-powered chip, opening up big frontiers on the edge

by Alan Boyle on February 13, 2019February 24, 2019 at 10:41 pmComment

It was a big deal two and a half years ago when researchers shrunk down an image-recognition program to fit onto a $5 computer the size of a candy bar… Read More

IBM Watson will now run on third-party clouds like Amazon Web Services

by Tom Krazit on February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 at 8:15 amComment

Watson, IBM’s artificial intelligence service, is taking its act on the road. IBM plans to announce later Tuesday at its IBM Think conference in San Francisco that Watson will soon… Read More

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White House initiative will boost artificial intelligence research and data-sharing

by Alan Boyle on February 11, 2019March 12, 2019 at 11:04 pmComment

The White House is moving forward with the American AI Initiative, a set of policies aimed at focusing the full resources of the federal government on the frontiers of artificial… Read More

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Artificial intelligence plays on your team in Iconary, a picture puzzle game from AI2

by Alan Boyle on February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 at 8:13 amComment

For decades, the games that put artificial intelligence to the test have been played human vs. machine – whether it’s checkers, chess, Go, poker, StarCraft or “Jeopardy.” Why isn’t there a… Read More

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Amazon launches re:MARS event focusing on AI, as second stage to invite-only MARS

by Alan Boyle on January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 at 8:32 amComment

Amazon’s annual invitation-only event on machine learning, automation, robotics and space — known as Mars — has become a high-tech highlight for insiders, featuring billionaire founder and CEO Jeff Bezos riding a… Read More

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Here’s what’s cooking inside Nvidia’s new AI robotics research lab in Seattle

by Alan Boyle on January 11, 2019January 12, 2019 at 11:25 am1 Comment

When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang interacted with a sensitive robotic hand at today’s open house for his company’s robotics research lab in Seattle, it was love at first touch. “It almost… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Supporting women in tech, and exploring the mysteries of the universe

by Nicole Tanner on January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 at 1:34 pmComment

Women in Cloud: If you’re like most women who work in the tech industry, you’ve probably experienced a hurdle or two over the course of your career. The Women in… Read More

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What did the mice say? DeepSqueak uses AI to translate ultrasonic vocalizations

by Alan Boyle on January 4, 2019January 4, 2019 at 3:46 pmComment

Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine have developed a software program that enlists artificial intelligence to decipher the ultrasonic vocalizations made by mice and rats. The “DeepSqueak”… Read More

Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies go live with AI engine for universal diagnostic blood test

by James Thorne on January 3, 2019January 3, 2019 at 12:41 pm1 Comment

It’s been one day short of a year since Microsoft partnered with Adaptive Biotechnologies to create a blood test with the promise of diagnosing dozens of diseases at once. The… Read More

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I got my parents an Amazon Echo Dot for Christmas and here’s how they’re getting along with Alexa

by Kurt Schlosser on December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 at 6:35 am 20 Comments

I spend a lot of time talking to my parents about the shows they’re watching on TV or the films they’re seeing at the theater. They subscribe to Netflix, they… Read More

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Will rogue AI chatbots emerge in 2019? Here’s what to watch — and listen — for in the new year

by Corey Nachreiner on December 26, 2018December 21, 2018 at 12:25 pm1 Comment

“Hello, I’m John. Do you need any assistance today?” asks a pop-up window randomly as you browse a shopping site. If you’ve visited an online shopping, product support, or vendor… Read More

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artificial intelligence

Policing AI: Is it a task for government, industry, consumers or all of the above?

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Science fiction literature, biases in AI, and helping businesses go global

Senosis Health founder Shwetak Patel confirms he’s working on healthcare for Google

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Celebrating the first man in space and exploring underwater artifacts

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

The Impact of AI on Future Workforce

Turing Award honors a different kind of AI network with ‘Nobel Prize of computing’

Microsoft will be adding AI ethics to its standard checklist for product release

Party like it’s $1,999: Jeff Bezos and Robert Downey Jr. will headline re:MARS fest in Vegas

Study tracks China’s ‘startling’ challenge to America in artificial intelligence research

Who’ll serve as AI’s watchdog? Experts trade suggestions at AI2 policy workshop

AI2’s Oren Etzioni to entrepreneurs: It’s not too late to ride the machine-learning wave

Bill Gates lists 10 breakthrough technologies that address ‘important challenges’ of our time

Artificial intelligence — and a few jokes — will help keep future Mars crews sane

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Hacking education, comic books, artificial intelligence and robotics

Reality Check: Augmented Intelligence is the Future of Healthcare

Xnor shrinks AI to fit on a solar-powered chip, opening up big frontiers on the edge

IBM Watson will now run on third-party clouds like Amazon Web Services

White House initiative will boost artificial intelligence research and data-sharing

Artificial intelligence plays on your team in Iconary, a picture puzzle game from AI2

Amazon launches re:MARS event focusing on AI, as second stage to invite-only MARS

Here’s what’s cooking inside Nvidia’s new AI robotics research lab in Seattle

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Supporting women in tech, and exploring the mysteries of the universe

What did the mice say? DeepSqueak uses AI to translate ultrasonic vocalizations

Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies go live with AI engine for universal diagnostic blood test

I got my parents an Amazon Echo Dot for Christmas and here’s how they’re getting along with Alexa

Will rogue AI chatbots emerge in 2019? Here’s what to watch — and listen — for in the new year

‘Are you there, God? It’s me, Alexa.’ Tech and religious leaders ponder the future of AI together

Former MIT and Google researchers raise $5.3M for ‘artificial intelligence compiler’ startup Canotic

Leading University of Washington professor joins AI2 as artificial intelligence talent wars continue

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