GeekWire's Most-Read Stories of the Week

Catch up on the top tech stories from this past week. Here are the headlines that people have been reading on GeekWire. ADVERTISEMENT [GeekWire]( SPONSOR MESSAGE: BOT or NOT? This special series explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, examining the ways that robots, AI and automation are impacting our work and lives: [Read more.]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Interview: Why Valve launched a new version of its handheld Steam Deck device]( Valve Software dropped a surprise last month when it unveiled a new version of its handheld PC gaming device, the Steam Deck OLED. [How rowing has changed since ‘The Boys in the Boat’ — and how it’s stayed the same]( The modern sport of rowing is dramatically different from what you see in "The Boys in the Boat," a movie based on the award-winning book. [Ads coming to Amazon Prime Video movies and TV shows starting Jan. 29]( Amazon has set the date for when it will introduce ad breaks to streaming content on Prime Video: Jan. 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[Same-day delivery service Shipt to pause Seattle operations, blaming recently passed labor lawsÂ]( Citing new ordinances recently passed in Seattle that aim to help gig workers, the Target-owned delivery service Shipt informed customers this week that it will pause operations in the city starting Jan. [A year for gearing up: Aerospace ventures are counting down to big missions in 2024]( During 2023, NASA, Amazon and SpaceX set the stage for aerospace endeavors ranging from satellite internet service to moon missions galore. [I had a blast playing ‘Squid Game Virtuals’ at a VR arcade — but here’s why I likely won’t return]( After years of hype, virtual reality still hasn’t achieved mainstream consumer adoption. [The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for training AI chatbots on its copyrighted work]( The New York Times filed a lawsuit Wednesday against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the companies of copyright infringement for training artificial intelligence models on millions of articles published by the newspaper. [GeekWire Podcast: NY Times vs. Microsoft; Plus, Oren Etzioni on AI in 2023 and beyond]( This week on the GeekWire Podcast, Oren Etzioni on what's next in AI. Plus, we assess the New York Times' suit against Microsoft and OpenAI. [NYT v. GPT: Microsoft finds itself on the other side of an industry-defining copyright dispute]( “Who can afford to do professional work for nothing?” Bill Gates wrote those words in a landmark open letter in February 1976, calling on personal computer hobbyists to stop stealing software produced by the scrappy young “Micro-Soft” team without paying for it. [How generative AI could change the way video games are developed, tested, and played]( Video game companies are dipping their toes into the rapidly-evolving world of generative AI with behind-the-scenes development. [Zillow Group sues listing services in Arizona and Wisconsin over ShowingTime access]( Zillow Group and ShowingTime have announced a new lawsuit against the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service (ARMLS) and Wisconsin’s Metro Multiple Listing Service (Metro MLS) over what the tech giant claims is an unfair and anticompetitive practice that freezes out ShowingTime in favor of a proprietary, MLS-developed tour appointment tool. [Seattle startup Olamedi building platform to automate health clinic communications]( A new Seattle startup led by co-founders with experience in health tech is aiming to automate communication processes for healthcare clinics with its software platform. 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