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Washington bills attempt to give public workers power to bargain on AI

By Lauren Gallup February 11, 2025

Rep. Lisa Parshley, the primary sponsor of House Bill 1622, during a meeting of the House Finance Committee on Feb. 6, 2025.

There are only so many things employees get to have a say over in their jobs. Which laptops or messaging app your office uses might not be your call. For a while, decisions on the use of technology in the workplace have been up to management for public workers in Washington state, thanks to a law passed in 2002. But now, some lawmakers want to pass an exemption that Read More

Proposed federal legislation would require guidelines for AI

By Lauren Paterson July 19, 2024

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell talks into a microphone at a brown wooden podium about AI while wearing a dark blue blazer.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation holds a hearing to examine the need to protect Americans’ privacy in Washington, D.C., on July 11. (Credit: Renee Bouchard / […]Read More

Artificial intelligence helps Northwest scientists better understand wildfire emissions

By Courtney Flatt January 24, 2023

Late afternoon light catches smoke from the Cold Springs Fire near a structure that appeared to be empty long before the fire, Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, near Omak, Washington. CREDIT: […]Read More

New report finds data sharing with federal immigration agencies might violate Washington law

By Lauren Gallup December 22, 2022

Varying security cameras lined up. A growing number of privacy concerns are being raised about automated tracking and data sharing and storing, locally and nationwide. Photo by Lianhao Qu via Unsplash.

Immigrant-rights advocates are pointing to new findings by the University of Washington Center for Human Rights, raising concerns of how surveillance technology is used in Washington state. The report argues that sharing of license plate data violates the state’s Keep Washington Working Act. The University of Washington Center for Human Rights analyzed data on the use Read More

For Some Hard-To-Find Tumors, Doctors See Promise In Artificial Intelligence

By NPR News May 30, 2018

Scientists are training computers to read CT scans in the hopes that they can catch pancreatic cancer early. Read More

Artificial Intelligence Takes Scientists Inside Living Human Cells

By NPR News May 9, 2018

Researchers at the Allen Institute for Cell Science in Seattle used artificial intelligence to study and learn from images of tens of thousands of cells. Courtesy of Allen Institute

Diseases like cancer involve changes that occur inside a cell — and usually out of sight. A new technology can reveal a cell's inner workings, using inexpensive graphics processors from video games.Read More

Could Artificial Intelligence Help Boost Salmon Recovery?

By Bellamy Pailthorp January 3, 2018

Juvenile salmon captured for sampling and analysis in the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project.

Sixty different entities in a salmon recovery project have been collaborating for nearly a decade, trying to solve the mystery of why so many of the juvenile fish die after they swim out to the ocean. Can artificial intelligence help?Read More