GeekWire Podcast: SVB aftermath; the ‘affliction’ of remote work; and Microsoft puts AI to work

This week on the GeekWire Podcast …

We discuss the latest on the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, and consider the long-term implications of the bank’s meltdown on the startup ecosystem and the U.S. financial system.

[Special Coverage: Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.]

Then we consider a point-counterpoint on the issue of the return to office: Downtown Seattle Association President Jon Scholes laments the “affliction” of remote work, and Zillow Group CEO Rich Barton says the ways we work (and the places we work) have changed forever.

And finally, we catch up on the latest in generative artificial intelligence, listening to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s pitch for the company’s new Microsoft 365 Copilot. We consider the potential of AI to change the way we work, the competition between Microsoft and Google, and touch briefly on antitrust issues.

Related reading

• SVB Seattle leader asks customers to return: ‘No safer institution to hold deposits’
• New York Times — Mortgages, Wine and Renovations: Silicon Valley Bank’s Deep Tech Ties
• Seattle leaders make plea for workers to return downtown and help address ‘remote work affliction’
• As tech companies bring workers back to downtown Seattle, Zillow holds firm on ‘Cloud HQ’
• Microsoft’s real AI battle against Google begins with the promise of new superpowers for work
• Microsoft confirms Bing’s AI-powered search chatbot is running on OpenAI’s new GPT-4
• Oren Etzioni — OpenAI’s GPT-4 has some limitations that are fixable — and some that are not

With GeekWire co-founders John Cook and Todd Bishop.

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