Tech moves: Seattle hires first AI officer; Microsoft nabs AI media leader; DexCare names CPO

Seattle gets its first AI Officer; Microsoft nabs a AI media leader from Bloomberg; and DexCare names a new chief product officer.
MyNorthwest.com

Rantz: Microsoft Build conference ditches Seattle over homelessness, open-air drug use

Talk Show Host and Columnist at Seattle Red AM 770 Seattle just lost a high-profile Microsoft conference due to the city’s rampant homelessness, open-air drug use, and other criminal behavior. In ...
GeekWire

Seattle mayor says Microsoft and Amazon have a ‘moral obligation’ to give back to the city

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell addresses the crowd at an Amazon event in 2024. (GeekWire File Photo / Taylor Soper) Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has a message for his city’s tech giants: it’s time to ...
New York Sun

Seattle’s Public Drug Use, Crime, and Homelessness Scare Away Microsoft’s Big Developer Conference

Microsoft has decided against hosting its popular developer conference for 2026 and beyond in Seattle — the hometown of the company’s founders — after attendees complained about the open drug use and ...
Seattle Times

Pro-Palestinian activists clash with police at Seattle Microsoft event

Demonstrators opposed to Microsoft’s work for the Israeli government attempted to push their way into the tech giant’s annual software conference on Monday in Seattle. Seattle police arrested one ...