Microsoft rolls out first Copilot+ PCs without flagship ‘Recall’ AI feature

The new AI era isn’t beginning in quite the way Microsoft envisioned when it announced its new Copilot+ PCs at a media event in Redmond less than a month ago. Microsoft and its PC partners Tuesday pressed ahead with the release of the first Copilot+ PCs despite delaying the AI-powered “Recall” feature to address security and privacy concerns. Read more.

Another startup studio in Seattle: Mudita Studios, part of the Detroit-based venture capital firm Mudita Venture Partners, is led by Stephen Konig, a longtime Google product management leader. Read more.

Warehouse workers in the Amazon Labor Union voted to join the Teamsters, in a partnership that could pressure the tech giant to negotiate on issues such as wages and working conditions. Read more.

DeltaGen wants to make generative AI easier to use. The startup led by a Seattle entrepreneur just joined a Techstars cohort in Denver to help build software that removes the need for AI prompts. Read more.

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