Hi, I'm Joshua McNichols.

And I'm Monica Nicholsberg.

We host KUOW's Economy Podcast, booming.

ChatGPT may feel like magic, but every time you ask AI a question, it goes to a real place.

AI has a back end, and it looks like massive data centers sprawling across farmland in central Washington.

On our latest episode, is our AI obsession good for small town America?

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Hey there, happy Friday.

From the KUOW Newsroom, this is Seattle now.

I'm Patricia Murphy.

Coming up, state lawmakers are considering bills to revise Washington's parents' rights law.

We'll go in depth in a few minutes.

But first, here's a roundup of today's top stories.

It's April 4th.

A federal judge in Seattle is calling on President Trump and his supporters

to tone down hostile rhetoric towards the courts. Amy Radle has more. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik

says federal judges are accustomed to criticism of their decisions, but he calls the current

number of threats to judges unprecedented.

Lasnik says it's been hard to see his newly appointed colleagues on the bench in Seattle

targeted after they ruled against Trump's executive orders.

I tell them, I feel for you, and especially for your families, it's not easy for the families

to see what your reaction is and to worry about

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