After nearly seven years at the helm of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, Magda Balazinska’s term is ending and the school’s vice director, Dan Grossman, will take charge as interim director. Read More
Karim Meghji, the new president and CEO of Seattle-based nonprofit Code.org, discusses how students can move from basic AI literacy to true fluency no matter what their career path looks like. Read More
Sen. Patty Murray said the funding will help provide a counterweight to AI development driven primarily by private capital. “If just billionaires are creating and using AI for their own projects that make money, then we lose out on most of the benefits of AI,” Murray said. Read More
A divided federal appeals court ruled that the University of Washington violated a computer science professor’s First Amendment rights by investigating and warning him over a parody land acknowledgment in a course syllabus, saying student discomfort does not justify retaliation against protected academic speech. Read More
Hadi Partovi called out a new episode of the newspaper’s “The Daily” podcast and ongoing media reports questioning whether computer science grads have been sold an empty promise about plentiful jobs and six-figure salaries. Read More
Seattle-based computer science education nonprofit Code.org is helping to launch TeachAI, a new effort aimed at guiding governments and educators… Read More
Artificial intelligence software programs are becoming shockingly adept at carrying on conversations, winning board games and generating artwork — but… Read More
Amazon is donating $3 million to Seattle-area colleges to bolster their computer science programs. Bellevue College, located east of Seattle,… Read More
More than 500 business, education and nonprofit leaders have teamed with Seattle-based computer education nonprofit Code.org to issue a call to… Read More
How can we help visually-impaired software developers edit webpage designs? What technology enables in-home sound awareness for people who are… Read More
