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“It feels like a magic wand, so you’ve just got to jump in and tinker.” That’s the take from Joe Heitzeberg, co-founder and CEO of Seattle startup Blueprint AI, and one of the organizers of this Saturday’s AI Tinkerers Summer Hackathon in downtown Seattle. The event is aimed at new ideas and use cases for generative AI as it takes the tech world by storm. (Above: AI image generated by DALL-E with the prompt: “participating in a generative AI hackathon.”) Read more.

Across the philanthropic sector, ChatGPT and AI can be used to improve internal operations and boost efficiency — and most importantly, better target donor dollars. Experts are advising nonprofits to explore the tech, but to proceed at a measured pace and embrace the edict of first doing no harm. Read more.

Seattle startup Flyhomes conducted another round of layoffs amid the uncertain real estate market. Read more. 

Apple amped up competition with Windows by introducing a 15-inch MacBook Air at its developers conference this morning, and is expected to reveal a virtual reality headset. Follow live blogs from Bloomberg and The Verge.   

A story from The Wall Street Journal over the weekend examines the mystery around why Jody Allen has yet to sell the Portland Trail Blazers, the NBA franchise under her control since the death of her brother, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

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