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A new AI sidekick called “Genie” is designed to provide a safer and friendlier online experience for young people. The founders behind the kid-focused Portland health startup Brave Care created the app-based chatbot to serve as teacher, motivational coach, creative assistant, storyteller, game companion, and more. Read more.

Seattle agtech startup Terrantic raised $3.5 million for a software system that helps food growers, packers, and processors improve the quality and yield of their products. Read more.

What’s ahead for Seattle Tech Week? The event for tech enthusiasts, investors, founders, and innovators at companies big and small kicks off on Monday. From AI to health tech, check out some of the themes and sessions.

OpenAI announced “SearchGPT,” its long-rumored search engine that poses a challenge to Google’s core business and throws a new wrinkle into the company’s relationship with Microsoft. Read more.

A Washington state program will provide $200 energy credits to low-income residents to help with electric bills — and it’s funded by the Climate Commitment Act, which could be eliminated by a ballot measure headed to voters this November. Read more. 

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  • A Washington state case alleging Amazon exposed warehouse workers to injury has been dismissed, the company announced. (Bloomberg)

  • Video game voice actors announced they would go on strike after contract negotiations broke down over concerns about the use of AI in games. (The Associated Press

  • The U.S. Department of Energy is planning to build a massive solar farm on Washington’s Hanford nuclear site. (The Seattle Times)

  • University of Washington researchers studied iBuying in one city and the effect it’s having on racial disparities in the real estate market. (UW News)

  • Seattle Children’s named a new research building after philanthropist B. Wayne Hughes, whose foundation has given more than $100 million to the institution. (X)

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