Will Jeff Bezos keep giving to Seattle, now that he’s leaving for Miami?

News of Jeff Bezos’ departure from his longtime base in the Seattle region has people wondering whether one of the world’s richest people will direct some of his charitable giving to the drizzly area once he’s ensconced in sunny Miami — and they’re pondering what he owes the region that helped him grow an online bookstore into a tech juggernaut valued at nearly $1.5 trillion. Read more. (Bezos, right, and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee toured Mary’s Place Family Center, located in an Amazon building in Seattle, in April 2021.)

• “I’m looking forward to being Mrs. Bezos.” Vogue has an inside look at Lauren Sanchez and her life with the Amazon founder. From her fashion sense to her space and philanthropic pursuits, Sanchez offers a high-profile view of the relationship. Read more. 

What do you get when you put two of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people on artificial intelligence together in the same lecture hall? If the two influencers happen to be science-fiction writer Ted Chiang (above, right) and Emily Bender, a linguistics professor at the University of Washington, you get a lot of skepticism about the future of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT. They spoke at Town Hall in Seattle about the potential for productivity — and harm — from AI. Read more. 

Seattle ordinance targets DoorDash and others with new fee: The proposed 10-cent per-order fee, and an annual license requirement for “network companies” operating in Seattle, would generate revenue to help pay for the implementation and enforcement of recently passed gig worker protection laws. Read more.

Building blocks for carbon storage: Bill Gates-backed startup Graphyte has developed an affordable, long-term strategy for keeping harmful CO2 out of the atmosphere. The company takes unwanted biomass, including waste from logging and farming, and casts the material into bricks that can be stored in underground sites for 1,000 years. Read more.