I wonder what Otter is doing to improve its speech-to-text transcription? It hasn't been doing a stellar job lately, tagging the wrong people when voices are clearly diff. Just thinking about it after writing about Microsoft's launch of MAI-Transcribe-1.
https://theaieconomy.substack.com/p/mai-transcribe-1-microsoft-speech-to-text

MAI-Transcribe-1: Microsoft's New Speech-to-Text
Microsoft unveils MAI-Transcribe-1, a multilingual speech-to-text model claiming the lowest word error rate against Whisper, GPT-Transcribe, and Gemini Flash.
The AI EconomyT-Mobile's scam shield is extremely slow and unusable. I'd like to know why it's taking MINUTES to pull up caller info so I can block and report the numbers.
I know I'm listed on the HumanX distribution list as attending next week...But I'm not going to be there. So please stop sending emails asking for meetings bc unfortunately, it's not going to happen.
The clock has restarted! T-10 minutes until the launch window!
#NASA #Artemis #Space ππ
Welp, NASA is holding at T-10 for additional work.
#Artemis #NASA #Space ππ
Less than 20 minutes before Artemis II is scheduled for liftoff! All systems are go! ππ
Anyone going to the Seattle AI Startup Summit tomorrow? I'll be venturing into the city (hope to ride the new 2 Line π over Lake Washington π). If you're going, would love to meet up!
https://www.seattlestartupsummit.com/
Seattle Startup Summit 2026 - The Future of Innovation
Join industry leaders at Seattle Startup Summit 2026. Two days of insightful talks, workshops, and networking. April 1-2, 2026 in Seattle.
AWS's Frontier Agents are officially GA β and they're coming to replace the infamous on-call emergency pager. Here's what the DevOps and Security agents can do, what's new, how much they cost, and why the Kiro autonomous agent is still MIA.
https://theaieconomy.substack.com/p/aws-frontier-agents-now-ga-devops-security

AWS DevOps and Security Frontier Agents Launch
AWS's DevOps and Security Frontier Agents have reached general availability, bringing autonomous incident response and penetration testing to dev teams.
The AI EconomyLook, ma! I'm now on Geekwire!
My first post is on the WTIA's new whitepaper pitching #Seattle as a global AI hub. Civic and tech leaders gathered at a roundtable to debate how to move forward. Lots of ideas, but many want the state to lead the way.
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/washington-state-needs-a-coherent-story-to-compete-in-ai-leaders-agree/

Washington state needs a βcoherentβ story to compete in AI, leaders agree
Washington state may have everything it needs to become a global AI hub. The problem is, it hasn't figured out how to tell the world. At a roundtable convened by the Washington Technology Industry Association, civic and industry leaders debated what it will take to stop playing catch-up with Silicon Valley and start leading.
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