Seattle leaders make plea for workers to return downtown

• At the Downtown Seattle Association’s annual “State of Downtown” event on Tuesday (above), DSA President Jon Scholes said: “There’s a lot at stake. We built a physical economy, not a virtual one.” He also acknowledged public safety needs to improve. Read more. 

• Related: Downtown dreams: Leaders share 10 ideas to make Seattle's core more vibrant

OpenAI released GPT-4, the latest iteration of its powerful chatbot technology. It has some limitations that are fixable and some that are not, writes Oren Etzioni, former CEO of the Allen Institute for AI.

• Etzioni says many of GPT-4’s problems will be overcome in future versions of the AI, but some are tied to the fact that the technology is still controlled by humans. Read the commentary.

• OpenAI partner Microsoft confirmed that Bing’s AI-powered search engine has been running on GPT-4 all along. Read more.   

T-Mobile announced plans to acquire Ka’ena Corp., owners of Mint Mobile and Ultra Mobile, in a $1.35 billion bid to boost its appeal to budget-minded wireless consumers.

• Mint is backed by actor Ryan Reynolds, who often appears in the company’s commercials. T-Mobile is keen to tap into Mint’s marketing expertise. Read more.

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank could ease mortgage rates and push property prices downward in tech-heavy metros including Seattle and San Francisco.

• That’s the key takeaway from Zillow Chief Economist Skylar Olsen, who issued a memo in reaction to the collapse of the bank. Read more.

• Complete coverage of the SVB crisis.