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Seattle mayor expands tech tool built with Google to streamline benefit program application process

GeekWire

The City received pro-bono support from the Google.org Fellowship program , a part of Google’s philanthropic arm that provides technical expertise to help nonprofits and civic entities solve technical challenges. Smart Cities Connect named CiviForm one the 50 most transformative smart projects of 2023.

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Seattle startup Lumen Bioscience is working with Google to make drugs using algae

GeekWire

That’s the question new research from Seattle biotech startup Lumen Bioscience and Google aims to answer. Roberts added that the research paper is “the first to describe the application of AI techniques to biologics manufacturing.” (Lumen Photo). Can machine learning help spur the production of algae-based biologics?

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Google is releasing an open source harassment filter for journalists

The Verge

It’s debuting as source code for developers to build on, then being launched as a functional application for Thomson Reuters Foundation journalists in June. For now, however, there’s not a standalone application that users can download. Google has harnessed Perspective for automated moderation before.

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Meta and Google are blocking links to news in Canada. The US might be next.

Vox

A Google office in Canada in 2016, when relations between the company and the country were friendlier. Google says it will do the same, and conducted its own link-blocking test run in February. Meta and Google don’t want to back down, pay up, and set a further precedent. This is going to set the tone.”

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PGA of America swings for the public cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

That’s just one major drive under way by the nonprofit golf association, which is also delivering myriad tournaments and events, special services, and classes to its 28,000 members, a roster including celebrities, national golf pros, golf coaches, amateur players, and people who work in the golf industry, says PGA of America CTO Kevin Scott.

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Tech Moves: F5 adds CTO and HR chief; Adaptive names CFO; Techstars Seattle leaders depart

GeekWire

F5 Photos) — Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 announced two new executive appointments this week: Lyra Schramm , the company’s new chief people officer, and Kunal Anand , chief technology officer. F5 Chief People Officer Lyra Schramm (left) and Chief Technology Officer Kunal Anand. (F5

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Sam Altman’s ouster puts a new twist into OpenAI’s complicated relationship with Microsoft

GeekWire

Reports overnight indicate that a conflict between Altman’s ambitions for OpenAI and the mission of the nonprofit were at the core of the board’s decision to oust him as CEO and remove OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman as chairman. At the event, on Nov. The developer day was an issue. ’ ” McIlwain said.

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