AI and nuclear proliferation detection | SpaceX and T-Mobile reach milestone

Nuclear proliferation detection is one of the potential applications that could get an assist from a newly announced effort at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to coordinate research that makes use of AI tools — including the generative AI tools that have captured the attention of the tech world over the past year or two. We spoke with Court Corley (above), director of the new Center for AI@PNNL, to learn more about how AI tools are employed at the national laboratory, based in Richland, Wash. Read more. 

Curiosity, communication, and capital efficiency: Those are some of the key areas for founders to focus on heading into 2024, according to tech investors we polled. It’s shaping up to be a unique year in the tech startup world, and there are reasons for optimism. Read more.

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Seattle wellness startup supports new moms: Stephiney Foley, a leader at Amazon and an Army veteran, launched Yuzi as a platform to help families during the exhausting, challenging days that follow childbirth. Read more.

• Jeff Bezos’ move away from Seattle to a fancy estate in Florida made the top 10 biggest buys in the luxury real estate market in 2023. (The Wall Street Journal)

• “I can’t feel my fingers.” A 13-year-old boy from Oklahoma advanced so far in the original Nintendo version of the puzzle game “Tetris” that the game froze, achieving a feat previously credited only to artificial intelligence. (The New York Times and YouTube)

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