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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

Scene from "The Boys in the Boat" showing UW athletes rowing

How rowing has changed since ‘The Boys in the Boat’ — and how it’s stayed the same

Thanks to tectonic shifts in technology and training, Olympic-level rowing has come a long way since the University of Washington’s… Read More

UW Medicine geneticist Jay Shendure in lab

Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology plans to transform cells into tiny recording devices

The Allen Institute, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the University of Washington have launched a collaboration called the Seattle Hub… Read More

Uncommon Thinkers: UW prof and entrepreneur Shwetak Patel has a rare ‘creative brilliance’

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series profiling “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive change.… Read More

AI imaging software generates a gallery of stereotypes, say Univ. of Washington researchers

If you’re asked to imagine a person from North America or a woman from Venezuela, what do they look like?… Read More

University of Wash. Bothell and Cascadia College celebrate new STEM-focused Innovation Hall

The University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia College this week celebrated the opening of Innovation Hall on their campuses located… Read More

UW computer science research event offers a glimpse of the future at the dawn of AI

Inside one of the University of Washington’s computer science buildings on Tuesday evening, students showed off smart earrings that monitor… Read More

Is artificial intelligence all that intelligent? AI influencers worry about wishful thinking

What do you get when you put two of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people on artificial intelligence together in… Read More

Univ. of Washington researchers use AI to help noise-canceling headphones filter certain sounds

If your noise-canceling headphones are canceling sounds you’d actually prefer to hear, researchers at the University of Washington may have… Read More

University of Washington’s CoMotion innovation center relocating down the road near Startup Hall

CoMotion, the innovation arm of the University of Washington, is gearing up to move just down the street from its… Read More

UW struggles with new cloud-based finance system, highlighting IT migration difficulties

The University of Washington’s troubles with a $340 million IT upgrade is sparking commentary on why software migration projects often… Read More

Get an AI reality check on ‘The Creator’ — Hollywood’s latest robo-doomsday movie

Over the next 50 years, will humanity become too attached to the artificial-intelligence agents that dictate the course of our… Read More

Univ. of Washington researchers roll out tiny, battery-free, autonomous robot called ‘MilliMobile’

University of Washington researchers are rolling out another tiny robotic breakthrough, this time in the form of an autonomous device… Read More

Univ. of Washington researchers use origami folds to control descent of tiny robotic microfliers

Tiny robots developed at the University of Washington might look like leaves that could have fallen from a tree, but… Read More

Washington Research Foundation gives $1.2M to help UW, WSU researchers commercialize their tech

Washington Research Foundation, a Seattle-based nonprofit that funds research and scholarship in Washington state, awarded more than $1.2 million for… Read More

Feds award $15M for new cutting-edge research center to study Pacific NW earthquakes

Wildfires and hurricanes are dominating the disaster spotlight, but the threat of a massive earthquake still simmers beneath the surface… Read More

Severe wildfires are difficult to control – but one research model shows ‘a better way forward’

As swaths of wildlands are being scorched and communities smoked out by another unusually hot, dry summer, researchers in Washington… Read More

Researchers want to put energy hogs like ChatGPT on a diet with more efficient computer chips

ChatGPT and other generative AI technologies are wowing — and sometimes alarming — users with their human-like abilities to carry… Read More

Orbital paths of Earth and asteroid 2022 SF289

Scientists successfully test algorithm for identifying potentially hazardous asteroids

A new technique for finding potentially hazardous asteroids before they find us has chalked up its first success. In this… Read More

UW researchers develop promising ‘bioplastic’ that can decompose like a banana peel

Plastic trash is everywhere in the environment. Bottles made from fossil fuels litter the side of the road, screw caps… Read More

UW gets $10M grant for semiconductor workforce development and research

The University of Washington is getting a funding boost for semiconductor workforce development and research, thanks to a $10 million… Read More

Despite new affirmative action ban, universities and tech programs pledge commitments to diversity

Universities and their computer science and engineering programs have been striving for years to boost the diversity of their student… Read More

University of Washington researchers develop smaller, cheaper form of LiDAR technology

Devices that move and operate in physical space need sensors to read their environment. One such sensing technology, LiDAR, has… Read More

Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny"

Indiana Jones and the Last Movie: Why archaeologists say he’s ancient history

As the world’s best-known fictional archaeologist goes after what may be his last ancient mystery in “Indiana Jones and the… Read More

University of Washington team detects atomic ‘breathing’ for quantum computing breakthrough

Most of us don’t think of atoms as having their own unique vibrations, but they do. In fact, it’s a… Read More

Illustration: Cutaway view of Enceladus with water spewing from surface

Scientists trace phosphates to Enceladus, boosting outlook for life on Saturn’s moon

Phosphorus, an essential ingredient for life as we know it, has been detected for the first time in water samples… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Philips CEO joins Absci board; AWS exec departs; and more

— Vancouver, Wash.-based AI drug design and development company Absci named Frans van Houten to its board of directors. A… Read More

This Univ. of Washington startup wants to automate college admissions counseling

A student-led startup at the University of Washington wants to help high school students apply to college through a platform… Read More

How the Univ. of Washington aims to make online systems and content more accessible

Taking small steps to make digital content more accessible can make a big difference. That was one takeaway from the… Read More

Tech Moves: Hootsuite adds execs; Institute for Protein Design names new leader

— Hootsuite hired two new execs: Chief Revenue Officer Jessica Hartigan and Chief Customer Officer Ellen Terchila. Hartigan previously worked… Read More