Monica Nickelsburg
AI & Economy Reporter
About
Monica Nickelsburg covers artificial intelligence, tech, and the local economy in the Pacific Northwest.
Monica came to KUOW in 2023. Before that, she spent six years covering the intersection of technology and politics for GeekWire and worked as a digital producer for The Week.
Monica grew up in Los Angeles and got her B.A. in Journalism and History from New York University before landing in Seattle.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: she/her
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Can Microsoft become an AI leader and maintain its ambitious goals to cut carbon emissions?
In January 2020, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced one of the most ambitious plans to decarbonize of any tech company. By 2030, Microsoft would be carbon negative, removing more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits. By 2050, Microsoft would remove all of the carbon it has ever emitted since the company’s founding in 1975.
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NYT sues Microsoft, OpenAI for copyright infringement
Microsoft’s stock price and market cap increased by 50% in 2023, thanks largely to the company’s partnership with OpenAI and its big lead in artificial intelligence. But The New York Times says Microsoft is profiting on stolen work.
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Boeing asks Commercial Airplanes workers to return to office 5 days a week
Corporate workers for Boeing Commercial Airplanes will soon be expected to commute to the office five days a week, in one of the most sweeping in-person mandates from a big Seattle-area employer so far.
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Microsoft embraces unions with partnership on AI
Microsoft broke with its tech industry peers Monday by announcing a new partnership with the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest federation of unions.
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The second shift: Child care crisis forces families into grueling schedules
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What Microsoft hiring ousted OpenAI CEO means for AI arms race
Microsoft is turning OpenAI’s leadership crisis into an opportunity.
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Starbucks workers take to the picket line in Seattle and across U.S.
Starbucks’ signature holiday drinks may come with a shot of guilt today for customers sympathetic to the labor movement.
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The other reason Bezos may be moving to Miami
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What's behind PCC's decision to close its flagship store in downtown Seattle?
When PCC announced plans for a flagship grocery store in Seattle’s urban core, it was based on a dream of downtown that never came true.
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Illegal child labor is surging in WA and across US. Sen. Murray wants to hold businesses accountable
A record 138 businesses in Washington were fined for violating child labor laws last year, the highest number in recent memory, according to U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat.