Saudi, Iran foreign ministers meet in Tehran amid warming ties
It’s the first visit by a Saudi official to Iran in more than seven years, in a rapprochement deal brokered by China.
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GPT-4-Generated Pitches Are 3x More Likely To Secure Funding Than Human Ones
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: Clarify Capital, a small business lender, asked 250 investors and 250 business owners to rate a set of human-created and GPT-4-generated pitch decks without letting the participants know that AI was invol…
At the Paris Air Show, aviation grapples with an uncertain future
Gov. Jay Inslee leads the state delegation to the Paris Air Show, where sustainable aviation, new airplane and engine concepts and supply chain issues are top of mind.
Oysters at Seattle’s Smith Cove Park a test in helping Puget Sound
Scientists placed the native Olympia oysters alongside aquatic plants in Elliott Bay to vacuum pollution and carbon from the water.
An escalator is revived at International District/Chinatown Station
Escalator 902, ruined by a deluge almost three years ago, reopened this week just in time to impress visiting baseball fans.
Mount Rainier is melting. Can anything be done to stop it?
Ideas to insulate the mountain’s melting glaciers with tarps, or cover them with millions of reflective glass beads, are signs we’re not yet confronting the real problem.
Seattle scooter, bicycle rentals ride to record levels
Seattle’s free-floating scooters and bicycles hit a new usage record last year. It mirrors increases in traffic on roads, ferries, transit and sidewalks.
Juneteenth 2023: 5 Seattle leaders share what the holiday means to them
LaNesha DeBardelaben of the Northwest African American Museum, chef Trey Lamont and more prominent Seattleites reflect on history, empowerment and resilience.
Rant and Rave: Lost items thrown in trash
RANT to the airport cleaning service contractor who tells their employees that anything found in the bathrooms should not be turned in to the airport’s lost and found office, but should be thrown in the trash. This from a cleaning service employee the …