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CNN Business
“#AI is not killing your job options. It’s expanding them.” That’s the gist of Allen School Professor and Director Magda Balazinska’s message welcoming undergraduates back from spring break. According to a recent CNN Business article, there’s data to back that up.
GeekWire
Allen School alum Kiana Ehsani (Ph.D., ‘21) co-founded Vercept to advance AI for automating repetitive computer tasks. The company spun out of the Ai2 Incubator and raised $50 million in seed funding before its acquisition by Anthropic, developer of the Claude AI assistant.
GeekWire
At an event in the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering, UW President Robert J. Jones and Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith announced they are deepening their partnership with a new effort aimed at preparing Washington state residents for an AI-driven economy.