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Rather than simply replacing traditional search results in Microsoft’s Bing, OpenAI’s ChatGPT could fulfill Microsoft’s longtime dream to integrate elements of a virtual concierge or assistant into its search engine.

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With its suit against TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and others over the impact of the youth mental health crisis, Seattle Public Schools will test the ability of public institutions to challenge big companies over alleged harms to society. 

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The venture capital arm of global hedge fund Point72 sees big opportunities in the Pacific Northwest as it quickly grows in Seattle and looks to invest in tech startups.
  • “One of the things we thought we could bring to the Seattle ecosystem was a stage-agnostic large fund that can do everything from the first $2 million in a company, all the way up to a Series D,” Point72 partner Sri Chandrasekar said in an interview with GeekWire.

On Friday, U.S. regulators approved a new drug for Alzheimer’s that is being called a “landmark moment” for the disease.

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