Inside the Amazon walkout

Seattle AI startup makes voice clone for NPR’s Planet Money | How philanthropies are using ChatGPT ADVERTISEMENT [GeekWire]( SPONSOR MESSAGE: Money Hacks is a financial education series from GeekWire and BECU: [Get financial tips and find other resources to help you manage your money.]( TODAY'S TOP STORIES “We don't have to spend hours of our lives in traffic. ... We can be productive, customer-obsessed, we can do our good work, we can make a difference, and it does not have to be in an office building.” That was Pamela Hayter, the Amazon employee who created the Slack channel opposing the company’s return-to-office policy, speaking this week during a walkout and protest by Amazon workers. Hundreds in Seattle rallied against that policy, and in favor of more aggressive action against climate change. On the GeekWire Podcast, we hear from Amazon employees in the crowd and speakers at the podium, discuss the company’s perspective, and put the walkout in the context of larger shifts taking place in the tech industry. [Listen here]( or subscribe to GeekWire in [Apple Podcasts]( [Google Podcasts]( [Spotify]( or wherever you listen. For longtime listeners of NPR’s “Planet Money,” there are few voices as recognizable and iconic as that of Robert Smith, one of the show’s former hosts. But even the most experienced and discerning ears might struggle to tell the difference between the journalist and his voice clone. The accuracy is jaw-dropping or terrifying, depending on your perspective. Either way, it’s a credit to the technology behind Seattle startup WellSaid Labs, which created “Synthetic Robert” for a special Planet Money series. [Read more](. Philanthropic ventures are eager to tap into the frenzy around AI and ChatGPT. Across the nonprofit sector, the tools can be used to improve internal operations and boost efficiency — and most importantly, better target donor dollars. Experts are advising nonprofits to explore the tech, but to proceed at a measured pace and embrace the edict of first doing no harm. more](. Goodbye, Ctrl+F. A new startup wants to make financial analysts more efficient with a chatbot tool that uses artificial intelligence to scour publicly available business filings and answer research questions in natural language. Finpilot is led by CEO Lakshay Chauhan, a longtime machine learning engineer at Seattle hedge fund Euclidean. He’s joined by John Alberg, the fund’s co-founder, who will play a close advisory role. [Read more.]( Thanks for [subscribing]( to the GeekWire newsletter, and have a great weekend. — GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop, [todd@geekwire.com]( and GeekWire reporter Kurt Schlosser, kurt@geekwire.com. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Get tips for avoiding the most common money mistakes in financial planning, saving, and budgeting]( Money Hacks is a financial education series from GeekWire and BECU, the member-owned, not-for-profit credit union. Get financial tips from Stacey Black, BECU lead financial educator, and find other resources to help you manage your money. [Get answers from Money Hacks with BECU.]( LATEST HEADLINES [A synthetic NPR host? AI startup WellSaid Labs makes amazing ‘Planet Money’ voice clone]( [How are nonprofits using AI and ChatGPT? The focus is on the donor dollars]( [Voices from the Amazon walkout: Why some employees are speaking out and pushing back]( [Goodbye, Ctrl+F: AI startup aims to help financial analysts scour corporate filings with chatbot tool]( GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [Radiant Vision Systems: Test Engineer]( - [MedBridge: Software Engineer III (Back end)]( - [INRIX: Director, Customer Success]( - [Craft3: Marketing Operations Manager]( - [City of Redlands: Network Engineer]( - [INRIX: Lead Software Engineer]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? BUY A FEATURED LISTING TO APPEAR HERE]( [About GeekWire]( [Contact Us]( [Advertise]( Copyright © 2023 GeekWire LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted to receive emails from GeekWire LLC.  Our mailing address is: GeekWire LLC 123 NW 36th St, Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98107  [change email frequency or address]( | [unsubscribe](