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Oren Etzioni

New nonpartisan AI nonprofit TrueMedia, led by Oren Etzioni, is making a political deepfake detector

A new nonprofit, nonpartisan technology organization called TrueMedia is developing an AI-powered tool to detect deepfake videos, photos, and audio,… Read More

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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

Shift AI Podcast: What this veteran AI leader discussed with President Biden in a private meeting

“So we were ushered into a room and the president came in. He was engaged, he was witty…he was asking… Read More

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The future of the information economy is in flux as internet search industry enters new area

Editor’s note: This is a guest commentary from Oren Etzioni, former CEO of the Allen Institute for AI (AI2), a… Read More

Why big data is not a priority anymore, and other key AI trends to watch

Artificial Intelligence models that generate entirely new content are creating a world of opportunities for entrepreneurs. And engineers are learning… 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

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

AI2 CEO Oren Etzioni to chair UiPath’s new AI advisory board

UiPath, a publicly traded “robotic automation process” company, announced that Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) CEO Oren Etzioni will… Read More

Tech Moves: Seattle AI experts join national task force; Boundless co-founder departs; and more

— DefinedCrowd founder and CEO Daniela Braga and Allen Institute for AI CEO Oren Etzioni are part of the newly… Read More

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2021 Predictions: Why these tech, science and startup leaders are upbeat about the year ahead

An “incredibly dynamic year of change,” a “new hope,” and a “gangbusters” year in which the tech sector will come… Read More

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AI vs. Coronavirus: How artificial intelligence is now helping in the fight against COVID-19

Artificial intelligence often raises concerns about privacy, bias and trickery in areas such as facial recognition and deep fake videos.… Read More

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

China wants to become the world leader in artificial intelligence by 2030 — but a new analysis by Seattle’s Allen… Read More

Oren Etzioni and Mike Grabham

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

It may seem as if everyone’s already on the bandwagon for artificial intelligence and machine learning, with players ranging from… Read More

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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

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Our AI future: How artificial intelligence will revolutionize jobs, and what we can do about it

Artificial intelligence will change the world, for better and for worse — and we need to be prepared. That’s the… 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

Is AI evil? No, and that question distracts us from the real concerns, says AI2’s Oren Etzioni

At times, modern artificial intelligence still feels like science fiction. A few decades ago, the kind of AI programs of… Read More

AI research is a ‘moral imperative’ with the power to save lives, experts say

Machine learning and artificial intelligence have the ability to transform everything from transportation to medicine, but the industry has a… Read More

University of Washington will host first-ever White House workshop on artificial intelligence

Between the University of Washington, a thriving tech community, and strong research institutions, like the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence… Read More

AI2 CEO calls for ‘full disclosure’ in artificial intelligence after students learn their TA is really a bot

A class of students at the Georgia Institute of Technology recently learned that Jill Watson, the teacher’s assistant they’d been… Read More

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Who’s hot in academia? Semantic Scholar dives more deeply into the data

Baseball players are judged by their batting averages, RBIs, ERAs and other statistics voluminous enough to fill a scorecard. But… Read More

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Interview: Paul Allen’s artificial intelligence guru on the future of robots and humanity

Artificial intelligence may seem like a futuristic concept, but we’re already experiencing it in real ways in our lives, whether… Read More

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AI2 CEO Oren Etzioni envisions an artificial intelligence ‘utopia’

Imagine a future where life’s most boring or dangerous tasks are handled by machines. Time otherwise spent commuting, scheduling appointments, sifting… Read More

Amazon and Founders’ Co-op back new Seattle startup KITT.AI, born in Paul Allen’s AI2 incubator

A new Seattle-based artificial intelligence startup called KITT.AI, incubated inside Paul Allen’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), has landed… Read More

Tech leaders sound off on Star Wars: Favorite characters, business lessons and how they’d use the Force

The Force is strong in the tech industry. And you don’t have to travel to Dagobah to find it. Star Wars… Read More

Driving will be a hobby by 2035, and more predictions from AI expert Oren Etzioni

Artificial intelligence thought leader Oren Etzioni stepped out on a limb on Friday to make some predictions about what the industry will… Read More

Paul Allen’s Artificial Intelligence Institute launches startup incubator with top minds in AI

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence has established a new startup incubator at its offices in Seattle, recruiting two high-level… Read More

Farewell, Farecast: Microsoft kills airfare price predictor, to the dismay of its creator

One of the most popular features of the old Farecast travel search engine has taken its last voyage. MIcrosoft, which… Read More

Paul Allen on the race between brain research and artificial intelligence — and why he’s betting on both

Over the past decade, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has committed $500 million toward understanding the brain through his Allen Institute… Read More

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