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Amazon wants employees back at the office, announces hybrid plan

Amazon is the latest Seattle-area company to shift its work plans and order employees back into its offices under a hybrid home-remote model.
- Dyer Oxley
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Week in Review: Amazon, legislature, and housing

Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Seattle Channel’s Brian Callanan, Seattle Times Claudia Rowe, and Puget Sound Business Journal’s Alex Halverson.
- Kevin Kniestedt
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Could ChatGPT write for KUOW?: Today So Far

How well can ChatGPT write, and how concerning should it be for teachers? How much recess time do you think school kids are getting these days? After a few generations of high schoolers being pushed into college, highly paid, skilled trades are experiencing a shortage. This post originally appeared in KUOW's Today So Far newsletter for Valentine's Day, February 15, 2023.
- Dyer Oxley
A Seattle English teacher on ChatGPT

What happens when ChatGPT does your homework? That’s what educators are figuring out now that the text generating technology is online. Teachers are talking about how to help students use it responsibly. West Seattle High School English chair Kira Hopkins is here to explain.
- Jennie Cecil Moore
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Week in Review: Bing, violent crime, and school closures

Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Jane C. Hu, Karen Weise and Joni Balter.
- Kevin Kniestedt
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Can AI help increase expression of empathy?

These days, someone seeking mental health support can find a variety of online communities to talk through what they’re feeling. In these communities, peers are usually responding, and empathy is key. A team led by University of Washington researchers studied whether AI can help peer supporters interacting on text-based online platforms respond with more empathy.
- Kate Walters
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How do you protect kids online... from their own parents?

Tiktok, Youtube, Twitter, Instagram - there are lots of platforms where posting your kids can be a full-time job. And with pays for views and brand deals, a pretty lucrative one. A renewed push in Olympia would protect children against parents who reveal their private lives and growing pains on social media.
- Libby Denkmann
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Microsoft joins the chorus of tech companies announcing layoffs

Big tech companies are slimming down. Amazon, Salesforce, and Twitter are just some of the companies that have announced thousands of layoffs in recent weeks. Wednesday morning, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirmed that the company would also be making significant layoffs.
- Libby Denkmann
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Casual Friday with Geraldine DeRuiter and Kurt Schlosser

The kids are not alright and this week, Seattle and Kent public schools filed lawsuits claiming the big social media companies are partly responsible. The king county council will consider a proposal to ban all cash businesses in some areas. And a bit of shift in the local companies ranking as some of the best employers in the US. We’re breaking down the week with Geekwire's Kurt Schlosser and the Everywhereist’s Geraldine DeRuiter.
- Brandi Fullwood
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ZeniMax Studios forms biggest union in gaming — and the first for Microsoft

Before video game players get to solve a puzzle, swing a single axe, or save that princess, a quality assurance tester has tried to break the game in thousands of different ways. That tester may also be subject to difficult contract cycles, a grueling schedule, and low compensation.
- Libby Denkmann
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