Friday, May 20, 2016

TechFlash: White House seeks Seattle's input on AI; Why Amazon built downtown

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UW to host White House's first artificial intelligence workshop

Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence CEO Oren Etzioni will keynote the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy workshop on May 24, which focuses on the legal and public policy issues surrounding artificial intelligence.

Ray Conner: New 777X Composite Wing Center is proof of Boeing's commitment to Puget Sound region

Boeing opened its new 777X Composite Wing Center at a ceremony in Everett Friday.

Bezos touts urban campus as environmental option

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos said spending more money to develop an urban rather than suburban campus is worth it.

Senate passes $1.1B Zika funding, now its up to the House

U.S. Senator Patty Murray was in Seattle Friday to talk about the progress the Senate has made on providing emergency funding to ramp up prevention and treatment of the Zika virus.

Amazon faces new challenge from Google over Alexa, Echo

Amazon is facing increased competition for its Alexa voice technology platform and its Echo interactive speaker as Google enters the market with new offerings.

Not to be outdone by Google Assist, Microsoft plans its own bot

In a job posting, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) said it was looking for an engineer for the company's "Bing Concierge Bot" team in Redmond.

Seattle-area company to turn Chinese Y-12 aircraft into a seaplane

One of China's largest aircraft builders is turning to Kenmore Air Harbor to design, build and certify seaplane pontoons for the Y-12 turboprop airplane.

Mega-deals put Washington life science transactions on track to surpass last year

A handful of major financings and acquisitions puts the amount of life science-related transactions so far this year at more than 60 percent of last year's number.

This is what Microsoft's president said should be a priority for the cloud business

Microsoft has for years been experimenting to make datacenters cheaper to run and more sustainable. The company even put a datacenter prototype at the bottom of the ocean to keep servers cool and reduce heating costs.

Boeing opening new Everett 777X wing plant Friday, launches new era of carbon composite skills

Boeing workers, executives will gather with government leaders, to celebrate the Friday opening of the 777X wing plant.

After 28 years, PSBJ aerospace reporter Steve Wilhelm says goodbye

Steve Wilhelm has covered Boeing for more than a quarter of the company's existence.

Towers too close for comfort: Nathan Torgelson has a $200 million decision to make. It won't be his last.

A jumble of development rules is causing tension in Seattle. Can it be fixed, or is this merely a fact of life in a fast-growing city?

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