However you feel about AI, it's a big part of the modern software landscape. @npub1qmg7...s6k5 is hiring a two-year AI engineering fellow in collaboration with @npub1wjuj...3s32. We're not cheerleaders or naysayers; we want to explore ways that it might support the newsroom, while remaining anchored in real human problems and strongly adhering to our values, standards, and strict need for safety.

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#media #journalism #ai

Still baffling to me how people asking for basic human rights and civil liberties are painted as far left. They’re normal asks and enjoyed in many other countries. The rhetoric is just designed to stop the conversation; it’s not a serious discussion.

One of the most important things we can be doing is imagining better futures and then describing them in detail. Design fiction, science fiction, speculative fiction, and - dare I say it - business fiction all matter and are a huge part of building the future.

I published my most in-depth post ever today. It’s about funding the open social web platforms that have the potential to unseat democracy-eroding services like X. I’d love your feedback.

Ben Werdmuller

Let's fund the open social web

A pro-social approach to building better platforms

I thought this interview with Jay Graber was pretty insightful. Ignore the dumb headline; I'm excited for what's next for the open social web. #Technology

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Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet

[Kate Knibbs at WIRED] This is an insightful interview with Bluesky CEO Jay Graber. The headline here overreaches quite a bit, and needlessly desc...

I’ve written before about what I’d do if I ran Bluesky or Mastodon. But what if I started from scratch? What would it look like to build a new open social platform - one that's private-by-default, human-centered, and sustainable from day one? Here’s the blueprint I’d follow:

Ben Werdmuller

If I started fresh

What would I do if I was building an open social web platform from scratch?

#Fediverse #opensource #socialmedia

What's the best clipboard manager for Mac?

Excellent.

The future of web development is AI. Get on or get left behind.

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I just told a room full of newsroom execs and investigative journalists, hopefully coherently, to always start with human problems, do not add AI to their workflows uncritically, and to build and use technology according to their values, with a duty of care for their communities. Privileged to do so and grateful for the opportunity.

"During its first 100 days, as the Trump administration has dismantled the Education Department, one of its biggest targets has been the civil rights arm. Now, Education Secretary Linda McMahon is “reorienting” what’s left of it." #education #democracy #uspol

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A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender Students

The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination inve...