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benwerd

5,831 karma · joined January 21, 2010

Helping to build communities on the open web.

Previously: ProPublica, The 19th*, ForUsAll, Unlock, Matter Ventures, Medium, Known, Latakoo, Elgg.

Personal homepage: https://werd.io

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/benwerd; my proof: https://keybase.io/benwerd/sigs/YK-QOCNnsiG6ADHQHU5pAARzJFek-ajUnq2wvcDCRk0 ]

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Jev introduces a new shape of LLM

simonwillison.net·53 pts·benwerd·
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Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google

techcrunch.com·23 pts·benwerd·
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Sam Altman is ready to decelerate

techcrunch.com·4 pts·benwerd·
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Private healthcare makes industries less innovative. It's time for change

werd.io·143 pts·benwerd·
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People are transcribing your conversations without asking. That puts you at risk

werd.io·7 pts·benwerd·
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China’s open-weights AI strategy is winning

werd.io·1243 pts·benwerd·
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We need a PIT Crew for news

werd.io·7 pts·benwerd·
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Former NOAA employees built Climate.us to preserve climate data and resources

19thnews.org·553 pts·benwerd·
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Communities will build trust for public media. Chicago is taking a leap forward

werd.io·2 pts·benwerd·
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Governance can prevent AI from undermining democracy. But only if it has teeth

werd.io·2 pts·benwerd·
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Happy 250th Birthday, America

werd.io·2 pts·benwerd·
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OpenAI wants to give us 5% of its success. It's a bad bargain

werd.io·1 pts·benwerd·
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I have a theory about AI fake news site The Editorial

werd.io·2 pts·benwerd·
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They tell us surveillance makes us safer. It undermines our democratic rights

werd.io·3 pts·benwerd·
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A right-wing media chain tried to replace 47 newspapers with AI. They all died

werd.io·5 pts·benwerd·
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Empower Others

pointc.co·2 pts·benwerd·
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Journalism is rearranging the deckchairs. It needs to reinvent itself

werd.io·50 pts·benwerd·
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Signs you're a dangerous terrorist: using Signal, moving zines

werd.io·131 pts·benwerd·
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The New Election Threat: Disinformation Inside the Answer

willrobinson.substack.com·2 pts·benwerd·
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More people get their news from social media than anywhere else – globally

werd.io·2 pts·benwerd·
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It's not enough to have better ideals

werd.io·3 pts·benwerd·
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The community-first software era

werd.io·2 pts·benwerd·
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Know Your Point C

pointc.co·3 pts·benwerd·
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Pope Leo XIV says AI must serve humanity, not the powerful few

religionnews.com·345 pts·benwerd·
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Why micropayments can't save news

werd.io·5 pts·benwerd·
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Speed Month – The Reader Meets the Fediverse

activitypub.blog·3 pts·benwerd·
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The Open Social Web Needs Section 230 to Survive

techdirt.com·3 pts·benwerd·
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Product-Shaped or Movement-Shaped?

werd.io·1 pts·benwerd·
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Building with Love, and Paying for It

werd.io·4 pts·benwerd·
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Sustaining innovation has failed us. It's time to think more radically

werd.io·2 pts·benwerd·
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