Politics Microsoft says Chinese hackers breached email, including U.S. government agencies The U.S. government and Microsoft reveal Chinese hackers broke in to online email systems and stole some unclassified data. Jenna McLaughlin
Business Microsoft joins plea for government regulation of AI tools like ChatGPT Microsoft President Brad Smith went to the other Washington this week to ask government officials to put guardrails up around artificial intelligence. Monica Nickelsburg Play AudioListen 1 min
Government Congress, AI, and a massive Microsoft bet What would regulations mean for tech companies doubling down on artificial intelligence? Kim Malcolm Andy Hurst Play AudioListen 6 mins
Business AI help wanted: Job openings mentioning GPT increase by 80% since last year It’s only been a few months since ChatGPT debuted, but already the technology has transformed the professional landscape. Monica Nickelsburg Play AudioListen 2 mins
Technology The U.K. blocks Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy game giant Activision Blizzard British regulators blocked Microsoft's purchase, thwarting the biggest tech deal in history over worries that it would stifle competition in the fast-growing cloud gaming market. The Associated Press
Business What can Seattle's 1970s 'Boeing Bust' teach us about recent tech layoffs? Since the 1970s, whenever people in the Pacific Northwest lose their jobs en masse, Seattleites ask whether this is the next Boeing Bust. Looking to Seattle's economic past may offer some wisdom about what's ahead following recent tech layoffs. Libby Denkmann Hans Anderson Play AudioListen 18 mins
Technology Word in Review: Can chatbots really feel? Every week, Bill Radke takes a word or phrase in the news and asks: “Why that language?” This week’s words come from Microsoft’s new AI chatbot that revealed its "feelings" to a New York Times reporter. Bill asked Peter Clark, who heads the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence: What do the words “I feel” mean, when uttered by a chatbot? Bill Radke Play AudioListen 10 mins
National Google's new AI chatbot made a $100 billion mistake in a demo ad Google's Bard, an answer to Microsoft's ChatGPT, delivered a factual error in a search demo that the company shared widely. That sent Alphabet's market value plummeting this week. Emily Olson
National Microsoft applications like Outlook and Teams were down for thousands of users Microsoft says it rolled back a network change that may have caused thousands to lose access to its apps Wednesday morning. Key workplace engines like Teams, Outlook and Sharepoint were impacted. Emily Olson
National Google is cutting 12,000 jobs, adding to a series of Big Tech layoffs in January The layoffs at Google follow similarly huge cuts at Microsoft, Amazon and Salesforce. Tech companies who hired rapidly during the pandemic now face fears of recession. Mary Yang
