Caddi, a Seattle-based software company, launched an AI agent on August 24 that discovers repetitive back-office processes, learns how employees handle them, and builds specialized agents under centra…
Microsoft began merging its consumer and enterprise Copilot apps into a single unified experience on August 18, automatically redirecting web and mobile users to copilot.cloud.microsoft, and permanent…
Microsoft is moving Mico, the animated character in Copilot Voice, to its Learn Live tutoring experience, with the change starting in August 2026 and rolling out in waves. Copilot Voice will remain av…
Microsoft is removing its Mico avatar from Copilot's voice mode, moving the character to its Learn Live platform, according to a Microsoft support page. Mico, which launched in Copilot's voice mode la…
Microsoft is merging its consumer-facing Copilot app with the business-oriented Microsoft 365 Copilot app and retiring unsuccessful AI features, including Group Chats, AI-generated podcasts, Copilot L…
Pokee AI, founded by CEO Zheqing (Bill) Zhu, launched Pokee-Isaac 28B on August 4th, a proprietary agent model claiming 10-million-token context on a single Nvidia RTX 4090-class GPU, with internal te…
Starbucks scrapped an AI inventory tool built by startup NomadGo across all 11,300 company-operated North American stores by 18 May, blindsiding the 30-person vendor and leading to layoffs. The tool, …
Augmodo, a Seattle startup that sells a dual-camera wearable badge for retail workers, raised $21 million in a round led by TQ Ventures at a $350 million valuation, with plans to expand into warehouse…
Microsoft's carbon emissions rose 25% year over year in 2025, driven by AI data center expansion, moving the company further from its 2030 carbon-negative goal. The company admitted sustainability sol…
Seattle startup Optimly raised $800,000 in pre-seed funding and won multiple awards at the Flywheel Investment Conference for its AI brand-reputation platform, which offers a public AI Brand Index and…
US shoppers spent a record $26.4bn on Prime Day, with AI chatbot referrals converting 40% better than search, email, or social media for the first time. Adobe data shows AI-referred traffic to retail …
Stanford University's 2026 AI Index reveals the United Arab Emirates and Singapore lead in generative AI adoption at 54% and 61% respectively, while the United States ranks 24th at 28.3% despite leadi…
Three Amazon employees who testified at Seattle City Council hearings about a proposed data center moratorium say they are under internal HR investigation, and have filed a complaint with the Seattle …
The Seattle Fire Department has been using Corti AI to listen to all 911 medical calls since December 2023 without public disclosure or city council approval, routing callers to a nurse line in Texas.…
Oren Etzioni, founder of TrueMedia.org, compared the backlash against AI-generated text to the late-20th-century anti-GMO movement in an opinion essay published by GeekWire. He cited Wikipedia's ban o…
Google chief scientist Jeff Dean, a UW Ph.D. alumnus, told University of Washington computer science graduates on June 12, 2026, that AI is an incubator for ideas, not a substitute for human ingenuity…
Microsoft President Brad Smith published a blog post Wednesday framing Gen Z backlash against AI as a wake-up call for the tech sector, acknowledging that graduates face automation of entry-level task…
University of Washington alumna and Nobel Prize-winning scientist Mary E. Brunkow will address graduates at UW's 151st Commencement on June 13, 2026, amid a wave of student protests against tech execu…
Microsoft referenced a long-rumored Copilot Super App during the Microsoft Build 2026 keynote but did not present a live, functioning demo on stage. CEO Satya Nadella told the audience the company wil…
Microsoft announced Project Solara, a new operating system built on Android for AI agent-powered gadgets, at Build 2026. The company demonstrated two concept devices—a desk terminal and a wearable bad…