On this episode of the GeekWire Podcast, recorded on location at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, we pit old-fashioned terrestrial radio against a newfangled digital audio stream for play-by-play in the stands. Then, we debate pros and cons of baseball analytics and robot umpires. And finally, we experience the highs and lows of Amazon's latest retail technology at the tech giant's hometown stadium.

On this episode of the GeekWire Podcast, recorded on location at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, we pit old-fashioned terrestrial radio against a newfangled digital audio stream for play-by-play in the stands. Then, we debate pros and cons of baseball analytics and robot umpires. And finally, we experience the highs and lows of Amazon's latest retail technology at the tech giant's hometown stadium.

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GeekWire at the Ballpark: AM radio vs. digital audio; robot umpires; and Amazon cuts the line

This week on the show, we sit down with Werner Vogels, the Amazon chief technology officer, at Amazon in Seattle. We talked about the evolution of artificial intelligence, the promise of AI in healthcare and the environment, his broader tech predictions for the year, and one of his most iconic traditions at the company's annual cloud conference.

Read more on GeekWire:Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on the rapid progress of AI, and its impact on society
Werner Vogels - All Things Distributed
Archive of Now Go Build episodes
AWS re:Invent 2023 - Keynote with Dr. Werner Vogels
Tech Predictions for 2024 and beyond
@Werner on X.

With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop; Edited by Curt Milton.

This week on the show, we sit down with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/wernervogels/">Werner Vogels</a>, the Amazon chief technology officer, at Amazon in Seattle. We talked about the evolution of artificial intelligence, the promise of AI in healthcare and the environment, his broader tech predictions for the year, and one of his most iconic traditions at the company's annual cloud conference.
Read more on GeekWire: <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2024/geekwire-podcast-amazon-cto-werner-vogels-on-the-rapid-evolution-of-ai-and-its-impact-on-society/">Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on the rapid progress of AI, and its impact on society</a>
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<li>Werner Vogels - <a href="https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/">All Things Distributed</a></li>
<li>Archive of <a href="https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/now-go-build.html">Now Go Build</a> episodes</li>
<li>AWS re:Invent 2023 - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTRBVPvzt9w">Keynote with Dr. Werner Vogels</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2023/11/tech-predictions-for-2024-and-beyond.html">Tech Predictions for 2024 and beyond</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/Werner">@Werner</a> on X.</li>
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With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop; Edited by Curt Milton.

Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on AI, healthcare, and sustainability

This week on the show: Computer scientist Juan Lavista Ferres is corporate vice president and chief data scientist at Microsoft, and the lab director of Microsoft's AI for Good research lab, leading a team of data scientists and researchers in AI, machine learning and statistical modeling, focusing on global challenges like health, climate change, and digital literacy. He's one of the editors and authors of the new book AI for Good, Applications, in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action and Health, featuring case studies from Microsoft, to be published by Wiley on April 9. 

With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. Edited by Curt Milton.

This week on the show: Computer scientist <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlavista/">Juan Lavista Ferres</a> is corporate vice president and chief data scientist at Microsoft, and the lab director of <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/ai-for-good-research-lab/">Microsoft's AI for Good research lab</a>, leading a team of data scientists and researchers in AI, machine learning and statistical modeling, focusing on global challenges like health, climate change, and digital literacy. He's one of the editors and authors of the new book <a href="https://www.wiley.com/en-us/AI+for+Good%3A+Applications+in+Sustainability,+Humanitarian+Action,+and+Health-p-9781394235889">AI for Good, Applications, in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action and Health</a>, featuring case studies from Microsoft, to be published by Wiley on April 9. 
With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. Edited by Curt Milton.

AI for Good, with Microsoft's Juan Lavista Ferres

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Reporter Kurt Schlosser takes us inside a Tesla Cybertruck, explains what it was like to drive one, and tells us how people reacted to the futuristic vehicle as it debuted on the streets of Seattle.

Also on the show, Kurt shares details from his recent story about Nala, the Seattle Police Department's electronics-detecting police dog, and explains how these law-enforcement K9s are trained to find all sorts of devices.

And in our final segment, we hear a clip from comedian Pete Ballmer, the son of Steve Ballmer, about growing up as one of the kids of the former Microsoft CEO.

With GeekWire's Todd Bishop and Kurt Schlosser. 

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/kslosh">Kurt Schlosser</a> takes us <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2024/love-it-or-hate-it-tesla-cybertruck-turns-heads-in-seattle-as-geekwire-test-drives-futuristic-ev/">inside a Tesla Cybertruck</a>, explains what it was like to drive one, and tells us how people reacted to the futuristic vehicle as it debuted on the streets of Seattle.
Also on the show, Kurt shares details from<a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2024/meet-nala-the-police-dog-that-sniffs-out-electronic-devices-to-fight-internet-crimes-against-children/"> his recent story about Nala</a>, the Seattle Police Department's electronics-detecting police dog, and explains how these law-enforcement K9s are trained to find all sorts of devices.
And in our final segment, we hear <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3X9RoTLOvs/?hl=en">a clip</a> from comedian <a href="https://www.peteballmer.com/">Pete Ballmer</a>, the son of Steve Ballmer, about growing up as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-ballmer-son-pete-net-worth-generational-wealth-2024-3">one of the kids of the former Microsoft CEO</a>.
With GeekWire's Todd Bishop and Kurt Schlosser.

GeekWire at the Ballpark: AM radio vs. digital audio; robot umpires; and Amazon cuts the line

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