benwerd

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Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google(techcrunch.com)
23 points by benwerd 1mo ago|15 comments
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Sam Altman is ready to decelerate(techcrunch.com)
4 points by benwerd 2mo ago|2 comments
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Private healthcare makes industries less innovative. It's time for change(werd.io)
143 points by benwerd 2mo ago|163 comments
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People are transcribing your conversations without asking. That puts you at risk(werd.io)
7 points by benwerd 2mo ago|1 comments
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China’s open-weights AI strategy is winning(werd.io)
1243 points by benwerd 2mo ago|931 comments
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by benwerd 2mo ago
Hi! I started a startup, Known, that did exactly this in 2014, explicitly as part of the indieweb movement. The open source code is still around. The trick is the economics here. A one-click solution is great, but right now the indieweb sol
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We need a PIT Crew for news(werd.io)
7 points by benwerd 2mo ago|0 comments
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Former NOAA employees built Climate.us to preserve climate data and resources(19thnews.org)
553 points by benwerd 2mo ago|217 comments
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Communities will build trust for public media. Chicago is taking a leap forward(werd.io)
2 points by benwerd 2mo ago|0 comments
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Governance can prevent AI from undermining democracy. But only if it has teeth(werd.io)
2 points by benwerd 2mo ago|0 comments
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Happy 250th Birthday, America(werd.io)
2 points by benwerd 2mo ago|0 comments
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OpenAI wants to give us 5% of its success. It's a bad bargain(werd.io)
1 points by benwerd 3mo ago|1 comments
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I have a theory about AI fake news site The Editorial(werd.io)
2 points by benwerd 3mo ago|0 comments
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They tell us surveillance makes us safer. It undermines our democratic rights(werd.io)
3 points by benwerd 3mo ago|1 comments
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A right-wing media chain tried to replace 47 newspapers with AI. They all died(werd.io)
5 points by benwerd 3mo ago|1 comments
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by benwerd 3mo ago
Oof, this was a tough read for me. For example, he mentions reading about genocide and not doing anything about it. In a democratic state the thing you do about it - aside from giving money to NGOs and other groups who are actually helping
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Empower Others(pointc.co)
2 points by benwerd 3mo ago|0 comments
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Journalism is rearranging the deckchairs. It needs to reinvent itself(werd.io)
50 points by benwerd 3mo ago|64 comments
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Signs you're a dangerous terrorist: using Signal, moving zines(werd.io)
131 points by benwerd 3mo ago|88 comments
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The New Election Threat: Disinformation Inside the Answer(willrobinson.substack.com)
2 points by benwerd 3mo ago|0 comments
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More people get their news from social media than anywhere else – globally(werd.io)
2 points by benwerd 3mo ago|0 comments
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It's not enough to have better ideals(werd.io)
3 points by benwerd 3mo ago|0 comments
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The community-first software era(werd.io)
2 points by benwerd 4mo ago|0 comments
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Know Your Point C(pointc.co)
3 points by benwerd 4mo ago|0 comments
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Pope Leo XIV says AI must serve humanity, not the powerful few(religionnews.com)
345 points by benwerd 4mo ago|67 comments
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Why micropayments can't save news(werd.io)
5 points by benwerd 4mo ago|0 comments
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Speed Month – The Reader Meets the Fediverse(activitypub.blog)
3 points by benwerd 4mo ago|0 comments
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The Open Social Web Needs Section 230 to Survive(techdirt.com)
3 points by benwerd 4mo ago|0 comments
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Product-Shaped or Movement-Shaped?(werd.io)
1 points by benwerd 5mo ago|0 comments
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Building with Love, and Paying for It(werd.io)
4 points by benwerd 5mo ago|1 comments

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