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Washington's legislature created an Artificial Intelligence Task Force (ESSB 5838, 2024), administered by the Attorney General's Office, which issued preliminary (Dec. 2024), interim (Dec. 2025) and final (July 1, 2026) reports containing policy recommendations. The State CIO adopted statewide AI policy DATA-04 for state agencies on Dec. 11, 2025, and WaTech published an enterprise AI Strategy and Roadmap developed with more than 35 agencies in July 2026.

Sources: atg.wa.gov · watech.wa.gov · watech.wa.gov

Flagship national eventUS AI Congress 2027March 24–25, 2027 · National Press Club, Washington, D.C.Bring Washington's voice to the national convening for America's AI future. Learn more ↗

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Events

AI events in Washington

Thu, Oct 29PyData Seattle x OSS - Meetup7:30 PM EDT · Bellevue, WA · PyData Seattle
Thu, Nov 12PyData Seattle x OSS - Meetup7:30 PM EST · Bellevue, WA · PyData Seattle
Thu, Nov 26PyData Seattle x OSS - Meetup7:30 PM EST · Bellevue, WA · PyData Seattle
Thu, Dec 10PyData Seattle x OSS - Meetup7:30 PM EST · Bellevue, WA · PyData Seattle
Sun, Jun 6AI Con USA 2027Seattle, WA · TechWell / Coveros
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Thu, Oct 22AI This Week: Open Circle6:00 PM EDT · Online · New Jersey Artificial Intelligence Meetup Group

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Jobs

AI jobs in Washington

Staff Security ArchitectLambda · Bellevue Office, Washington / San Jose Office (First St) / San Francisco Office (Fremont St) · $314K – $465K • Multiple Ranges
Principal Product Manager - Nvidia Technology PartnershipsLambda · Bellevue Office, Washington / San Francisco Office (Fremont St) / Remote · $338K – $500K • Multiple Ranges
Principal Product Manager - ConsoleLambda · Bellevue Office, Washington / San Francisco Office (Fremont St) / Remote · $338K – $500K • Multiple Ranges
Staff Product Manager - ComputeLambda · Bellevue Office, Washington / San Francisco Office (Fremont St) / Remote · $291K – $430K • Multiple Ranges
Senior Manager, Detection and ResponseLambda · Bellevue Office, Washington / San Jose Office (First St) / San Francisco Office (Fremont St) · $324K – $480K • Multiple Ranges
Senior Director, Product Management - FoundationsLambda · Bellevue Office, Washington / San Francisco Office (Fremont St) / Remote · $365K – $540K • Multiple Ranges

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News

AI news from Washington

Ex-Marine and Microsoft vets launch Watchtower Labs with $35M to bring AI to military logisticsGeekWire · yesterday
UW protein institute led by Nobel winner unveils its first AI model co-developed with NvidiaGeekWire · 2d ago
Cleveland’s big lesson for Seattle: A city’s job is to attract peopleGeekWire · 2d ago
Amazon challenges Nvidia’s software advantage with new tool for its own AI chipsGeekWire · 4d ago
Microsoft unveils tools to monitor and corral rogue AI agentsGeekWire · 4d ago
Amazon’s AI wearable, Booking’s return to Expedia’s backyard, and LinkedIn’s not-so-Seattle startup listGeekWire · 6d ago

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Training

Free AI training

Make America AI-Ready: AI 101 by TextU.S. Department of Labor · Beginner · 7 days · ~1 hr total
Introduction to Generative AIGoogle Skills · Beginner · 45 min
Introduction to Large Language ModelsGoogle Skills · Beginner · 1 hr
Introduction to Responsible AIGoogle Skills · Beginner · 15 min
Generative AI for Educators with GeminiGrow with Google · Beginner · 2 hrs
Kaggle Learn: Intro to Machine LearningKaggle · Beginner · Self-paced

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Official resources

Washington AI resources

Policy & standardsArtificial Intelligence Policy (DATA-04)Washington State Office of the CIO / Technology Services BoardStatewide AI policy adopted Dec. 11, 2025 for state agencies using AI, including generative AI. Requires an agency AI contact, inventory of AI tools, risk assessment before deploying high-risk systems, verification of AI output, employee AI awareness training and vendor data-use contract terms.watech.wa.gov ↗Policy & standardsArtificial Intelligence Task ForceWashington State Office of the Attorney GeneralTask force created by ESSB 5838 (2024) to assess AI uses and trends and recommend guidelines and legislation to the Legislature and Governor. Published preliminary (Dec. 30, 2024), interim (Dec. 1, 2025) and final (July 1, 2026) reports.atg.wa.gov ↗Policy & standardsWashington's AI Strategy and RoadmapWashington Technology Solutions (WaTech)Statewide strategy for adopting, governing and scaling AI in state government, developed with input from more than 35 agencies. It sets three strategic goals, four workstreams, an 18-month roadmap and nine principles including privacy and meaningful human oversight; documents dated July 2026.watech.wa.gov ↗

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