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

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GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was as bullish as ever about artificial intelligence and the ChatGPT maker’s latest advances when he spoke Thursday at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco. Less than two weeks later, the OpenAI board removed him from the position.

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After personal experience with cyberstalking, tech founder launches startup battling deepfake content

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(Certifi AI Photo) In January, pornographic deepfake images of Taylor Swift were viewed by millions of people on X and other social media platforms before the sites took action. No one has been identified and prosecuted for creating the graphic and sometimes violent images of Swift using artificial intelligence tools.

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Seattle Public Schools bans ChatGPT; district ‘requires original thought and work from students’

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RELATED: Seattle Schools vs. Social Media: What’s at stake in the suit against TikTok, Instagram, and others. These tools could help in assessing whether a human or a robot did the work — a line that is becoming more blurred as artificial intelligence technology improves and is more accessible.

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Tech Moves: Washington STEM names new CEO; Conversica and Iterable hire marketing vets

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Washington STEM announced Milton Lang as the education nonprofit’s new CEO. Washington STEM is a nonprofit organization focused on statewide education and social change. Conversica provides virtual assistants for revenue teams using conversational artificial intelligence. Milton Lang. Washington STEM Photo).

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Microsoft targets AI skills gap with new training program and grant challenge

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Microsoft says its related Generative AI Skills Grant Challenge will support nonprofit, social enterprise, and academic or research institutions that use generative AI for social and economic good. The skills initiative includes what Microsoft calls the first Professional Certificate on Generative AI in online learning.

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Tech Moves: SoundCommerce vet launches startup; Microsoft Federal leader departs; and more

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Spectio uses artificial intelligence to address common pain points that occur while using these tools, such as communication and documentation. SeaCiti, a nonprofit of the Washington Technology Industry Association that aims to help tech workers create local impact, hired Terrence Stevenson as director.

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Junior Geek of the Month: Archika Dogra discovers how she can use tech to make a positive impact

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Somewhere along the way, Dogra determined that she could do more with technology to impact the social causes that were important to her. ’ That summer was super transformational because the way that the program was executed was really deeply intertwining tech and artificial intelligence and machine learning with social impact.”