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GeekWire
24 days
Amazon unifies Alexa+ and Rufus as AI rivals move into online shopping
Amazon announced Alexa for Shopping, merging its Rufus e-commerce chatbot with Alexa+ into a unified experience, aiming to outdo ChatGPT and other general-purpose AI assistants for shopping. Read More
GeekWire
24 days
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s stake in Helion Energy draws scrutiny in Musk trial and on Capitol Hill
Sam Altman faced pointed questions about his financial ties to the Everett, Wash., fusion startup during testimony in the Musk v. Altman trial, as Congress separately raised conflict-of-interest concerns. Read More
GeekWire
24 days
Big Tech’s new hiring hurdle: Why bringing international talent to Seattle is now more expensive
While the shift to a wage-weighted lottery offers a more predictable path for the industry's most expensive talent, the staggering new filing fees are forcing a rethink of how — and where — the next generation of tech founders and healthcare professionals are hired. Read More
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24 days
AWS targets AI slop with new spec check in Kiro coding tool, amid scrutiny of agent reliability
Amazon Web Services is adding a feature to its Kiro AI coding tool that uses mathematical proofs to check whether software requirements contradict each other or leave gaps before AI agents start writing code. Read More
GeekWire
25 days
Students pitch startups in regional TiE Young Entrepreneurs finals, vying to three-peat in global contest
This year's Seattle-area cohort included students across 20 teams, pitching ventures in industries including artificial intelligence, children's nutrition, ocean plastic recycling, mental health and healthcare. Read More
GeekWire
25 days
Leading AI chatbots avoid harm but fall short in high-risk conversations, startup’s new benchmark finds
Seattle-based mpathic released mPACT, a clinician-led benchmark that evaluates how leading AI models handle conversations involving suicide risk, eating disorders, and misinformation. Read More
GeekWire
25 days
‘Strong, strong no’: New filing reveals who Microsoft favored — and opposed — for OpenAI’s board
Newly unredacted documents from the Musk v. Altman trial reveal the names Microsoft executives vetoed, endorsed, and suggested for OpenAI's board during the November 2023 crisis around Sam Altman's ouster as CEO. Read More
GeekWire
25 days
Amazon Now goes national, taking 30-minute delivery to dozens of cities across the country
Amazon is expanding its "Amazon Now" 30-minute delivery service from tests in Seattle and Philadelphia to dozens of U.S. cities, with plans to reach tens of millions of customers by year-end. GeekWire first uncovered the service through permit filings last November. Read More
GeekWire
25 days
Microsoft exec Shawn Bice returns to AWS to lead reliability push for AI agents
Shawn Bice, who left AWS for Microsoft's security organization in 2022, is returning to Amazon as VP of AI Services to lead the Automated Reasoning Group under Swami Sivasubramanian's Agentic AI organization. Read More
GeekWire
25 days
Musk v. Altman: Satya Nadella was worried about Microsoft being ‘the next IBM’ in OpenAI deal
Satya Nadella testified for roughly two and a half hours in the Musk v. Altman trial in Oakland, revealing internal emails in which he worried about Microsoft's dependence on OpenAI, and new details about his input regarding OpenAI's board after the Altman firing. Read More
GeekWire
26 days
Starbucks to cut 61 tech jobs at Seattle HQ in department reorganization
Starbucks is cutting 61 technology jobs at its Seattle headquarters, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing… Read More
Seattle Met
26 days
How a Dungeon Crawler Took Over the World
One Washington author propelled a self-published novel into a fantasy universe.