Rep Cindy Ryu enters race to replace fellow democrat Jesse Salomon

SHORELINE—Washington State Representative Cindy Ryu (D) has entered the Senate race to replace fellow Democrat, and incumbent, Sen. Jesse Salomon to represent the 32nd district. Ryu’s approach to the Senate will be, more-or-less, a continuation of the work that she’s been conducting in the House for the last 15 years in that she welcomes conversation […]
Cantwell warns of dangers of AI and politically driven media consolidation to independent journalism

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, warned that the rapid deployment of AI combined with politically-driven consolidation of major media and technology companies poses a serious threat to the first amendment and to freedom of the press at today’s hearing on government […]
‘AI For Everyone’ returns to Edmonds College, June 28

LYNNWOOD – Edmonds College will host its third annual AI For Everyone Day on Saturday, June 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The free AI Community Connections Speaker Series event will be held on campus at Hazel Miller Hall and is open to the public. “Our goal at Edmonds College is to ensure AI […]
Op-Ed by Antony Blinken & Gina Raimondo: To shape the future of AI, we must act quickly

Abraham Lincoln once observed: “In the world’s history, certain inventions and discoveries occurred of peculiar value . . . in facilitating all other inventions and discoveries.” Lincoln was speaking of the written word and, later, the printing press. But today, we are living through another such invention: artificial intelligence. Powerful generative AI systems like GPT-4 are ushering in a […]