Amazon fixes Alexa voice ordering bug; Microsoft rethinks AI data centers; Stadium cameras capture every Seahawks fan
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4.8 • 127 Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Someone listening to last week’s GeekWire Podcast caught something we missed: a misleading comment by Alexa during our voice ordering demo — illustrating the challenges of ordering by voice vs. screen. We followed up with Amazon, which says it has fixed the underlying bug.
On this week’s show, we play the audio of the order again. Can you catch it?
Plus, Microsoft announces a "community first" approach to AI data centers after backlash over power and water usage — and President Trump scooped us on the story. We discuss the larger issues and play a highlight from our interview with Microsoft President Brad Smith.
Also: the technology capturing images of every fan at Lumen Field, UK police blame Copilot for a hallucinated soccer match, and Redfin Glenn Kelman departs six months after the company's acquisition by Rocket.
With GeekWire co-founders John Cook and Todd Bishop; Edited by Curt Milton.
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| 0:00.0 | And maybe this is where my media training and press freedom principles come into play. |
| 0:07.9 | But if you're out in a public place, you have no expectation of privacy. |
| 0:12.2 | And I see where something like this might push it to its limit. |
| 0:16.7 | But your mama always used to say, don't do anything you wouldn't want to be seen on the front page of the newspaper. |
| 0:22.7 | And I think the modern day equivalent of that is, don't do anything at Lumen Field that you wouldn't want to see on the Jumbotron. |
| 0:30.0 | There you go. |
| 0:40.2 | Hi and welcome to Geekwire. |
| 0:42.0 | I'm Geekwire co-founder, Todd Bishop. |
| 0:43.7 | And I'm Geekwire co-founder, John Cook. |
| 0:49.8 | We are coming to you from Seattle, where we get to report each day on what's happening around us in business, technology, and innovation. |
| 0:51.7 | What happens here matters everywhere. |
| 0:56.6 | And every week on this show, we talk about some of the most interesting and important stories in the news. |
| 1:01.4 | John, I was scooped this week by President Trump. |
| 1:05.9 | I know what you're referencing. |
| 1:07.3 | So that's coming up later. |
| 1:08.3 | How's that for a teaser? |
| 1:09.5 | I'll tell you all about that. |
| 1:13.7 | But before we get into that, and I've got a bunch of different stories I want to talk about with you, |
| 1:16.0 | and I know you've got some things you want to talk about as well. |
| 1:21.5 | We have some very attentive listeners. |
| 1:23.0 | Oh, tell me more. And in fact, there was a listener who heard my demonstration of my purchase last week with Alexa. |
| 1:32.2 | And she caught something that nobody else caught. |
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