Stories by benwerd

Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google

Sam Altman is ready to decelerate

Private healthcare makes industries less innovative. It's time for change

People are transcribing your conversations without asking. That puts you at risk

China’s open-weights AI strategy is winning

We need a PIT Crew for news

Former NOAA employees built Climate.us to preserve climate data and resources

Communities will build trust for public media. Chicago is taking a leap forward

Governance can prevent AI from undermining democracy. But only if it has teeth

Happy 250th Birthday, America

OpenAI wants to give us 5% of its success. It's a bad bargain

I have a theory about AI fake news site The Editorial

They tell us surveillance makes us safer. It undermines our democratic rights

A right-wing media chain tried to replace 47 newspapers with AI. They all died

Empower Others

Journalism is rearranging the deckchairs. It needs to reinvent itself

Signs you're a dangerous terrorist: using Signal, moving zines

The New Election Threat: Disinformation Inside the Answer

More people get their news from social media than anywhere else – globally

It's not enough to have better ideals

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