Articles about artificial intelligence – Page 9 of 31

Amazon cuts hundreds of AWS cloud jobs after strategic review, says AI wasn’t the main factor

Amazon confirmed Thursday morning that it’s cutting jobs within its Amazon Web Services cloud division after a review of its… Read More

PATH launches landmark AI study in Africa exploring LLMs’ potential in health diagnoses

PATH has launched the largest study of its kind in Africa, recruiting 9,000 participants to test whether artificial intelligence can… Read More

Amazon gives $100M boost to AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, betting on agentic AI

Amazon is investing another $100 million in its AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, aiming to help companies go from experimenting… Read More

Meta snags Seattle startup co-founder for Zuckerberg’s elite superintelligence team

Meta has recruited Matt Deitke, co-founder of Seattle-based AI startup Vercept, to join its newly formed Superintelligence Lab — the… Read More

Amazon targets vibe-coding chaos with new ‘Kiro’ AI software development tool

A new AI coding tool from Amazon uses agents to automatically create and update project plans and technical blueprints, aiming… Read More

Microsoft President Brad Smith on AI investments, job cuts, and the uncertain future of work

After Microsoft this week unveiled a $4 billion, five-year global initiative to help millions of people adapt to the rise… Read More

AI optimism pushes Microsoft above $500/share — will it be next to join the $4 trillion club?

Microsoft shares closed above $500 for the first time Wednesday — a symbolic milestone as Wall Street increasingly bets on… Read More

Coding is dead: UW computer science program rethinks curriculum for the AI era

The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence in the workplace has academic institutions wrestling with the question of how best to… Read More

How Smartsheet is ‘AI-ifying’ its product and company following $8.4B private equity takeover

Five months after completing its $8.4 billion take-private deal, Smartsheet is moving fast on AI — and CEO Mark Mader… Read More

This Seattle tech giant is gobbling up computer science grads from the University of Washington

Amazon doesn’t have to go far to find fresh tech talent. The Seattle tech giant is hiring more than 100… Read More

AI companionship app Tolan raises $20M to help more people grow with a virtual alien friend

The startup behind the colorful, animated AI companions called Tolan raised $20 million in new funding and has seen significant… Read More

States retain power to regulate AI as Senate approves amendment led by Cantwell

In a decisive 99-1 vote early Tuesday morning, the U.S. Senate struck down a provision that would have banned states… Read More

Microsoft cuts another 4% of its workforce, about 9,000 jobs, in continued efficiency push

Microsoft will reduce its global workforce by another 4% — approximately 9,000 jobs in all — not just in games… Read More

Tech Moves: AWS leader goes to Siemens; Wash. names broadband lead; NuScale adds to C-suite

— Joseph Williams is temporarily taking the helm of the Washington State Broadband Office (WSBO) as it’s scrambling to respond… Read More

AI vs. MDs: Microsoft AI tool outperforms doctors in diagnosing complex medical cases

Microsoft today announced an artificial intelligence tool that outperformed a panel of medical doctors in diagnosing complicated cases. The Microsoft… Read More

Meet Olumide Soroye: Fortive’s new CEO helps industrial giant refine focus — with help from AI

Olumide Soroye’s journey to the CEO role at Everett, Wash.-based industrial giant Fortive began thousands of miles away — in Lagos,… Read More

Seattle startup Klutch raises $8M to bring AI coworkers to construction sites

Archie handles zoning and permit reviews. Bob captures site data from texts and photos. Petra manages vendor scoring. Hailey helps… Read More

Centific, a Seattle-area AI services startup and Nvidia partner, lands $60M

Centific, a Redmond, Wash.-based startup founded in 2020 that helps organizations manage data pipelines to power advanced AI systems, raised… Read More

Seattle to deploy AI to speed up housing and small business permit process

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell issued an executive order on Monday intended to speed the permitting process for housing and small… Read More

Podcast

Podcast: Amazon, Microsoft, and the new realities of AI at work

Amazon just told its workers that AI is coming for their jobs. Microsoft says we’re trapped in an “infinite workday.”… Read More

Andy Jassy’s long game: Amazon’s reinvention enters its 5th phase as AI upends the workforce

Andy Jassy’s latest memo makes it official: AI will reshape and reduce Amazon’s corporate workforce. But this is more than… Read More

AWS and national lab team up to deploy AI tools in pursuit of fusion energy

Amazon Web Services is teaming up with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory — home to the world’s only facility to achieve… Read More

‘Extremely rare’: UW PhD computer science grads recognized with prestigious dissertation honors

Two PhD graduates from the University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering have had their dissertations… Read More

Reality check: Microsoft Azure CTO pushes back on AI vibe coding hype, sees ‘upper limit’

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich cautioned that “vibe coding” and AI-driven software development tools aren’t capable of… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft, Remitly, and the new shape of work — plus, Amazon’s NYT AI deal

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Amazon’s new licensing agreement with The New York Times to train its… Read More

Amazon inks deal with New York Times to license newspaper’s content for AI platforms

Amazon and The New York Times have agreed to a new deal in which the newspaper’s editorial content will be… Read More

AI after work: UW’s Allen School to offer new graduate certificate in modern AI methods

The need to quickly adapt to advances in artificial intelligence and its impact on the way we work and learn… Read More

Amazon shareholders reject oversight proposals as Andy Jassy disputes AI cutback claims

Amazon shareholders on Wednesday rejected all eight independent proposals at the company’s annual meeting, including measures seeking greater scrutiny of… Read More

Elon and Satya, together again: Microsoft brings Musk’s xAI models to Azure, despite OpenAI feud

Microsoft is bringing the Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini AI models from Elon Musk’s xAI to its Azure AI… Read More

Illustration: A squadron of green avatars being held back by a red hand

Scholars explain how humans can hold the line against AI hype, and why it’s necessary

Don’t call ChatGPT a chatbot. Call it a conversation simulator. Don’t think of DALL-E as a creator of artistic imagery. Instead, think of it… Read More