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20 Jul 2015

@digitalwestie Theoretically, due process.

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The way to save news is not to create monopolistic monocultures

"Why, a funder asked me recently, do two intermediaries this funder saw as offering duplicative services both still exist? Because you—and your funder colleagues—let them, I said." But consolidation is a dangerous road.

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"To labour out of love, and to choose to share their work freely in a market society, OSS developers find themselves in a position where they are vulnerable to exploitation and harm."

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Claude Opus can now identify an author from their writing

"AI only needs 150 words to identify me. What does that mean for you?"

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