Ex-golf pro links with Seattle-area AI experts on app that uses 3D motion analysis to improve game
3D analysis, right, of a 2D video image, left, in the Sportsbox AI app. (Sportsbox AI Image) Before you take yet another mulligan, consider that the tool…
How this Amazon engineering outpost is translating its unique geographic position into growth
Laura Dickey, site leader for Amazon’s Pittsburgh engineering office, and a general manager in the company’s machine translation group. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) PITTSBURGH — When…
When algorithms go bad: Zillow, Amazon, Facebook and the pitfalls of rampant automation
GeekWire Illustration The downfall of Zillow’s iBuying business is a reminder of the downsides of relying too much on automation and machine learning algorithms at this stage…
Microsoft and HPE put AI to the test on International Space Station … with gloves
An image of a spacewalker’s gloves is analyzed for signs of wear using AI. (Microsoft Photo) “Check my spacewalking gloves, HAL.” The HAL 9000 computer that starred…
The new frontiers of AI and robotics, with CMU computer science dean Martial Hebert
Martial Hebert, dean of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science, during a recent visit to the GeekWire offices in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop)…
How Jeff Wilke’s industrial roots guided him at Amazon, and inspired him to help revive U.S. manufacturing
Jeff Wilke wore flannel shirts in the fourth quarter of every year at Amazon, a gesture of solidarity with the company’s warehouse workers and a nod to…