A train crossing the I-90 floating bridge this week marked another world-first innovation in Seattle and perhaps signaled better days ahead for commuters who travel between the region’s tech hubs on either side of Lake Washington.
Microsoft is preparing to go deeper into “human-to-human-to-AI collaboration,” one of the company’s top AI executives said this week — signaling plans for a broader rollout of features to let people work with each other and AI at the same time.
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"So far, AI-based work has been kind of a solo sport, and this fall it will clearly become a team sport, where you’ll be working together with other people and AI,” said Jared Spataro, Microsoft’s chief marketing officer for AI at Work, during a Microsoft Alumni Network event Tuesday at the company’s headquarters. Read more.
Seattle rolled out a sweeping new “responsible AI plan” that aims to both improve city services and bolster the region’s tech economy. The plan includes a framework to facilitate and evaluate the use of AI tools in city operations. Read more.
CoMotion, the office that handles the technology transfer process at the University of Washington, has laid off three employees amid broader financial challenges at the Seattle-based institution.
The Jeffrey Epstein “birthday book” contains an apparent letter written by former Microsoft tech leader Nathan Myhrvold. It was made public during ongoing congressional scrutiny of Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender. Read more.
F5 is paying $180 million to acquire CalypsoAI, a startup that helps companies secure generative AI infrastructure. Read more.
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Spokane-based startup Treasury4 acquired TreasuryGo, a Seattle-based company. Both sell fintech tools for treasury management.
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