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What Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in court about Google, Apple, search, and the future of AI

by Todd Bishop on October 7, 2023October 7, 2023 at 9:02 am

You may have read the juicy sound bites from Satya Nadella in Google’s antitrust trial this week, as the Microsoft CEO made the case that the search giant unfairly leverages… Read More

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Unpacking the FTC’s case vs. Amazon: What the landmark suit means for the e-commerce empire

by Todd Bishop on September 30, 2023October 4, 2023 at 7:23 am

The outcome of the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against Amazon could be years away. But there’s a chance we’re already seeing the impact of antitrust scrutiny in the e-commerce giant’s… Read More

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Lumen CEO Kate Johnson on Seattle tech, AI, lessons from Microsoft, and ‘cloudifying’ telecom

by Todd Bishop on September 28, 2023September 28, 2023 at 7:13 am

Kate Johnson is based in Denver in her role as Lumen Technologies CEO and president, but she has been spending a lot of time in the Seattle area recently, and… Read More

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Longtime Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley is our Copilot on this week’s GeekWire Podcast

by Todd Bishop on September 23, 2023September 23, 2023 at 7:46 am

It was a big week for Microsoft, with the unveiling of the company’s latest Windows and AI features and new Surface devices at a special event in New York City.… Read More

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Human creativity and AI: Catching up with Chris Pirillo on the GeekWire Podcast

by Todd Bishop on September 16, 2023September 16, 2023 at 7:17 am

Chris Pirillo is an entrepreneur, creator, event organizer, and online community leader who has been a guide to the world of tech for everyday users since the early days of… Read More

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Is Elon Musk calculated or crazed? Walter Isaacson discusses his new book on the GeekWire Podcast

by Todd Bishop on September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 at 11:07 am

You might not know it from his recent comments, but there was a time in the late-1990s when Elon Musk was a fan of Bill Gates and Microsoft. During his… Read More

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Amazon’s robots and its larger vision for work: A conversation with robotics tech leader Tye Brady

by Todd Bishop on September 9, 2023September 9, 2023 at 9:05 am

Tye Brady, chief technologist for Amazon Robotics, joins us on a new episode of the GeekWire Podcast to talk about the company’s latest warehouse robots, explaining how they represent the… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon is done debating RTO policy; Robot umps update; Summit sneak peek

by Todd Bishop on September 2, 2023September 2, 2023 at 6:45 am

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy made it clear in a recent internal meeting that he wants employees to “disagree and commit” to the company’s policy of working three days in the… Read More

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Shift AI Podcast: Madrona’s Matt McIlwain on Seattle’s place at the center of the AI universe

by Boaz Ashkenazy on August 26, 2023August 26, 2023 at 6:54 am

[Editor’s Note: On this week’s GeekWire Podcast, we’re featuring an episode of Shift AI, a podcast hosted by Boaz Ashkenazy, CEO of AI solutions provider Simply Augmented, with guest Matt… Read More

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Startups, AI, and productivity: The quest for real value, with Xembly CEO Pete Christothoulou

by Todd Bishop on August 19, 2023August 19, 2023 at 9:16 am

How can startups truly differentiate themselves in the new era of AI? We’ve been discussing that question recently on the GeekWire Podcast, and on this episode, we’ll get a first-hand… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Mariners CEO and wireless pioneer John Stanton on the future of baseball

by Todd Bishop on August 12, 2023August 12, 2023 at 9:42 am

How can baseball embrace technology and new traditions while honoring its legacy and listening to its fans? Those were the questions at the heart of the Seattle Mariners CEO’s conversation… Read More

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Amazon’s three-layered AI strategy, how AI startups can stand out, and hope for AI and humanity

by Todd Bishop on August 5, 2023August 5, 2023 at 8:06 am

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we look at how Amazon is positioning itself in the emerging era of generative artificial intelligence. We play and assess clips of Amazon CEO… Read More

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Inside drone startup Brinc, with the 23-year-old founder who landed OpenAI’s CEO as an investor

by Todd Bishop on July 29, 2023July 29, 2023 at 7:47 am

Brinc CEO and founder Blake Resnick was heads-down in a board meeting Wednesday when he heard a commotion in another part of the drone startup’s Seattle headquarters. The spontaneous celebration… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft’s big bet on the AI economy, and the risks on the road ahead

by Todd Bishop on July 22, 2023July 22, 2023 at 7:48 am

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft staked its financial claim in the AI gold rush this week, announcing pricing for its upcoming Microsoft 365 Copilot technology: a whopping $30/user… Read More

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Amazon’s Alexa chief on the rise of ChatGPT, and why the comparison isn’t fair to either

by Todd Bishop on July 20, 2023July 21, 2023 at 7:16 am

Why can’t Alexa users have sophisticated, nuanced voice interactions with Amazon’s assistant, similar to text-based conversations with OpenAI’s ChatGPT? That was one of my questions for Rohit Prasad, the senior… Read More

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Amazon’s Alexa and the rapid evolution of AI: A conversation with Alexa chief Rohit Prasad

by Todd Bishop on July 15, 2023July 15, 2023 at 8:29 am

Rohit Prasad grew up in the Star Trek era, fascinated by the idea of interacting with computers via voice. So he was excited to join the Amazon Alexa team a… Read More

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What generative AI means for cities: Municipal tech leaders face unique workplace and policy issues

by Todd Bishop on July 8, 2023July 4, 2023 at 11:31 am

If the use of generative AI in the workplace didn’t seem complicated enough already, just consider what it means for big cities and other governmental agencies. The implications of common… Read More

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Microsoft releases preview of AI-powered Windows Copilot, aiming to change how people use PCs

by Todd Bishop on July 1, 2023July 1, 2023 at 9:55 am

For more than four decades, since the 1980s, pointing and clicking has been the primary method of using a personal computer. Of course, the traditional computer mouse isn’t going away.… Read More

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OceanGate and Stockton Rush — the inside story, in his own words

by Todd Bishop on June 24, 2023June 24, 2023 at 9:30 am

“Our rule is, we risk capital — we don’t risk people.” That was a guiding principle for Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate, as described by its CEO, Stockton Rush, in a talk… Read More

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Amazon vs. Walmart: Reporter and author Jason Del Rey on the ‘defining business clash’ of our era

by Todd Bishop on June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 at 7:13 am

Amazon famously professes to obsess about customers, not competitors, but if the company really wants to focus its business, concentrating on its battle with Walmart might not be a bad… Read More

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Data’s destiny: Former Microsoft and Snowflake exec Bob Muglia on the future of AI and humanity

by Todd Bishop on June 17, 2023June 17, 2023 at 8:29 am

This week: the origins of data, and the future of the digital species. Our guest on the GeekWire Podcast is business and tech leader Bob Muglia, a startup investor and… Read More

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Apple vs. Microsoft: Vision Pro, HoloLens, and a familiar pattern in a classic tech rivalry

by Todd Bishop on June 10, 2023June 10, 2023 at 8:48 am

Some of Microsoft’s biggest missteps over the years have come not from being too late but rather too early, leaving the door open for competitors — especially Apple, it seems… Read More

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Voices from the Amazon walkout: Why some employees are speaking out and pushing back

by Todd Bishop & Kurt Schlosser on June 3, 2023June 3, 2023 at 10:46 am

Hundreds of Amazon employees walked out of the office in Seattle this week — gathering between the company’s towers while holding signs, participating in chants, and listening to speakers urge… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: AI hype vs. reality, returning to the office, and a driving tour of Amazon HQ

by Todd Bishop on May 27, 2023May 27, 2023 at 9:33 am

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we’re coming to you from our mobile recording studio, aka my car, as my colleague John Cook and I make the most of our… Read More

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AI, startups, and Star Wars: Conversations from the 2023 GeekWire Awards

by Todd Bishop on May 20, 2023May 20, 2023 at 10:03 am

The theme at this week’s GeekWire Awards was Star Wars, but we didn’t need to go to a galaxy far, far away to find the force that promises to reshape… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Google I/O highlights, AI risks and rewards, and the future of creativity

by Todd Bishop on May 13, 2023May 13, 2023 at 7:58 am

We’re back this week on the GeekWire Podcast as humans, not bots, we promise, but we’ve still got a lot of AI to talk about. This week’s show starts with… Read More

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We had our AI voice clones read an AI-generated GeekWire Podcast script — listen to the result

by Todd Bishop on May 6, 2023May 8, 2023 at 7:34 am

For all the hype over generative artificial intelligence, how far has AI really advanced? Where is the new line between humanity and technology, and what will it mean for how… Read More

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Saving squirrels and achieving ‘maximum smoke’ – insights from our STEM Educators of the Year

by Lisa Stiffler on May 3, 2023May 18, 2023 at 7:50 am

Today’s top STEM teachers embrace learning opportunities wherever they arise, whether it’s baby squirrels that have fallen from their nest, or engineering design failures that literally go up in smoke.… Read More

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AI and the future of human health: Leroy Hood on the new age of ‘scientific wellness’

by Charlotte Schubert on April 29, 2023April 29, 2023 at 7:58 am

Biomedicine pioneer Leroy Hood says that artificial intelligence will play a key role in the future of healthcare by accelerating the progress of “scientific wellness,” an approach that he has… Read More

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A mysterious Twitter suspension, weird AI hallucinations, and David Bowie’s crystal ball

by Todd Bishop on April 22, 2023April 24, 2023 at 12:06 pm

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we’re joined by a University of Washington professor whose Twitter account was abruptly suspended last week for reasons that seemed inexplicable at the time.… Read More

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