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Charlie Is an AI Assistant Built to Serve You, Not Our AI Overlords
Key takeaways
- It's entirely possible that Tim Berners-Lee is the most trustworthy man in tech.
- Amid the wider landscape of money-motivated tech entrepreneurs, the inventor of the web made his creation free and open, so that it would be accessible to all.
- The 70-year-old Berners-Lee has a legacy of building tech designed for the good of humanity, and he's still at it today.
It's entirely possible that Tim Berners-Lee is the most trustworthy man in tech.
Amid the wider landscape of money-motivated tech entrepreneurs, the inventor of the web made his creation free and open, so that it would be accessible to all. And even today, in the age of billionaire tech bros, he stands by the decision not to sell out to cash in on his work. "It's much more fun to have the web," he told the audience at SXSW London on Wednesday.
The 70-year-old Berners-Lee has a legacy of building tech designed for the good of humanity, and he's still at it today. Together with John Bruce, the CEO of Berners-Lee's company, Inrupt, he introduced the SXSW audience to his AI agent, Charlie.
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