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GeekWire
23 minutes
Amazon cuts jobs in AGI group as it puts more focus on customer-facing AI
Amazon confirmed layoffs in its artificial general intelligence organization, the group behind its Nova models, as the company sharpens its AI focus toward tools for business customers. The cuts follow a year of leadership turnover in the group and a broader run of reductions since January. Read More
GeekWire
31 minutes
Game developer Harebrained Schemes kicks off its new indie era with survival-horror RPG ‘GRAFT’
The latest game from Seattle-based developer Harebrained Schemes, and its first since its return to independence in 2023, is a dark sci-fi/horror adventure where the player must constantly change and enhance their body in order to survive. Read More
GeekWire
about 2 hours
Microsoft 2.5: A new series on the next generation of leaders
Mary Jo Foley is launching a GeekWire series profiling the people and priorities behind Microsoft's evolution. It's a look at what she calls the "Microsoft 2.5" era, where cloud and AI dominate but the company still can't walk away from Windows, Office, and enterprise customers whose products weren't built around AI. Read More
GeekWire
about 4 hours
Microsoft commits $60M to ‘Genesis Mission’ to help power Dept. of Energy’s AI-for-science push
The commitment includes Azure compute credits and a new internal program office, called SPARK, to coordinate the company's work with DOE's 17 national laboratories. Read More
GeekWire
about 4 hours
New Markdown rival: Open-source DGML format aims to turn docs into data that AI (and humans) can trust
Docugami, the Kirkland, Wash., startup led by XML co-creator Jean Paoli, is open-sourcing DGML, a format that turns business documents into structured, verifiable data for AI. The company is releasing it under an open-source license and partnering with Inveniam and Mantra to anchor the data on a blockchain. Read More
GeekWire
about 6 hours
The greenest goodbye: Human composting and the science of becoming soil
In 2020, Recompose was the first U.S. company to develop the technology needed for the commercial composting of human bodies, disrupting a funeral industry that had been largely unchanged for decades. Now 14 states have legalized the climate-friendly practice and more than a dozen others are considering it. Additional startups have launched to offer a greener goodbye and all are looking to scale. Read More
Seattle Transit Blog
about 9 hours
Midweek Roundup: Park (or ride) the bus
This is an Open Thread.
GeekWire
about 13 hours
Mars Society and South Seattle College strike a deal to build a simulated space habitat
Partnership would give the Pacific Northwest a role in research missions aimed at blazing a trail to the moon and Mars. Read More
GeekWire
about 17 hours
Interlune extracts helium-3 from ordinary helium, demonstrating a process it plans to use on the moon
Seattle startup uses cryogenic distillation to produce helium-3 for quantum computing and other applications — initially on Earth, and eventually on the lunar surface. Read More
Seattle Weekly
about 19 hours
WA schools chief eyes changes to sexual misconduct response
Washington’s K-12 education oversight agency is proposing a series of policy changes to improve the state’s handling of teacher misconduct allegations.
Seattle Transit Blog
about 20 hours
Seattle Transit Measure renewal headed to voters in November
After nearly two months of various council deliberations and public commentary, the Seattle Transit Measure is officially heading to voters in this year’s November General Election. This measure proposes to renew funding for boosted transit service in Seattle, first enacted in 2014 (and reduced in 2020) for 10 years. Mayor Wilson’s proposal in June faced … Continue reading "Seattle Transit Measure renewal headed to voters in November"
PubliCola
about 21 hours
With Major Reforms Years Away, City Could Make Temporary Changes to Housing Fees Next Year
By Erica C. Barnett Although a proposal to temporarily slash the Mandatory Housing Affordability fees paid by developers in most… The post With Major Reforms Years Away, City Could Make Temporary Changes to Housing Fees Next Year appeared first on PubliCola.