Happy 250th birthday, America: werd.io
","summary":"Let's keep building.","url":"https://werd.io/happy-250th-birthday-america/","date_published":"2026-07-04T14:11:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-04 14:11","date_timestamp":1783174311,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93413004","content_html":"Notable links: July 3, 2026: werd.io
","summary":"AI, surveillance, open tech, and news as a business.","url":"https://werd.io/notable-links-july-3-2026/","date_published":"2026-07-03T14:09:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-03 14:09","date_timestamp":1783087756,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93413003","content_html":"A new media spinout provides streaming apps for public service broadcasters. I just wish it was open. werd.io
","summary":"We need to see more technical collaborations between public service media organizations. It's also really important that they're based on open technology that doesn't lock them in.","url":"https://werd.io/a-new-media-spinout-provides-streaming-apps-for-public-service-broadcasters-i-just-wish-it-was-open/","date_published":"2026-07-03T13:40:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-03 13:40","date_timestamp":1783086042,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93413002","content_html":"Newsrooms need to get comfortable expressing their business value - and raising money on it. werd.io
","summary":"Newsrooms like to spend their time on the journalistic process and assume that the value of their work will speak for itself. They need to start selling themselves.","url":"https://werd.io/newsrooms-need-to-get-comfortable-expressing-their-business-value-and-raising-money-on-it/","date_published":"2026-07-03T13:13:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-03 13:13","date_timestamp":1783084386,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93355891","content_html":"OpenAI wants to give us 5% of its success. It's a bad bargain. werd.io
","summary":"A wealth fund that shares 5% of AI success with government and voters is either based on hype or not nearly enough to cover the damage. Either way, the incentives are perverse.","url":"https://werd.io/openai-wants-to-give-us-5-of-its-success-its-a-bad-bargain/","date_published":"2026-07-02T13:31:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-02 13:31","date_timestamp":1782999065,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93294097","content_html":"I have a theory about AI fake news site The Editorial: werd.io
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","summary":"Civil society actors in nearly every region of the world now operate under the assumption that they are being surveilled. The result is a less democratic world for everyone.","url":"https://werd.io/they-tell-us-surveillance-makes-us-safer-it-undermines-our-democratic-rights/","date_published":"2026-07-01T12:51:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-01 12:51","date_timestamp":1782910280,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93230624","content_html":"A concrete tool to help newsrooms cover emergencies: werd.io
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","summary":"A right-wing media chain bought local papers, replaced their journalists with AI, and died. Now their communities are left to plug the gaps.","url":"https://werd.io/a-right-wing-media-chain-tried-to-replace-47-newspapers-with-ai-they-all-died/","date_published":"2026-06-29T12:54:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-29 12:54","date_timestamp":1782737669,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93152923","content_html":"Two posts about writing: werd.io
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","summary":"To an increasingly authoritarian regime, the opportunity to shape how models describe the world may be too good to pass up on.","url":"https://werd.io/are-frontier-models-really-too-dangerous/","date_published":"2026-06-27T14:50:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-27 14:50","date_timestamp":1782571840,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92959746","content_html":"Notable links: June 26, 2026: werd.io
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","summary":"\"It really is just that simple. The way that you can attack these systems is usually so much dumber than you think it is, or than you think it needs to be.\"","url":"https://werd.io/all-you-need-to-poison-an-llm-is-13-words/","date_published":"2026-06-25T14:13:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-25 14:13","date_timestamp":1782396817,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92902448","content_html":"To build resilient organizations, you need to empower your team to make decisions. werd.io
","summary":"\"That is not leadership. That is control. And it creates dependency, not growth.\"","url":"https://werd.io/to-build-resilient-organizations-you-need-to-empower-your-team-to-make-decisions/","date_published":"2026-06-25T13:59:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-25 13:59","date_timestamp":1782395978,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92811199","content_html":"Journalism is rearranging the deckchairs. It needs to reinvent itself. werd.io
","summary":"\"In philosophy, we have a term for this: a logical fallacy. And right now, journalism is full of them.\"","url":"https://werd.io/journalism-is-rearranging-the-deckchairs-it-needs-to-reinvent-itself/","date_published":"2026-06-24T13:34:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-24 13:34","date_timestamp":1782308046,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92753992","content_html":"Signs you're a dangerous terrorist: using Signal, moving zines: werd.io
","summary":"The unusually long sentences criminalize being an anti-fascist activist, reading the wrong zines, and using the wrong communication apps. They're incredibly dangerous.","url":"https://werd.io/signs-youre-a-dangerous-terrorist-using-signal-moving-zines/","date_published":"2026-06-23T18:16:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-23 18:16","date_timestamp":1782238597,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92488681","content_html":"Notable links: June 19, 2026: werd.io
","summary":"Preparing for the fastest period of technical change in decades.","url":"https://werd.io/notable-links-june-19-2026/","date_published":"2026-06-19T09:00:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-19 09:00","date_timestamp":1781859631,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92447909","content_html":"The European Commission falls for openness theater by working with W Social: werd.io
","summary":"The European Commission has moved its profiles to W Social. That's a terrible decision.","url":"https://werd.io/the-european-commission-falls-for-openness-theater-by-working-with-w-social/","date_published":"2026-06-18T16:31:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-18 16:31","date_timestamp":1781800297,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92447908","content_html":"More people get their news from social media than anywhere else - globally. The platforms we use matter. werd.io
","summary":"\"For the first time, social media and video networks are, on average across the markets covered, more popular than both TV and owned news websites and apps as sources of news.\"","url":"https://werd.io/more-people-get-their-news-from-social-media-than-anywhere-else-globally-the-platforms-we-use-matter/","date_published":"2026-06-18T14:13:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-18 14:13","date_timestamp":1781792003,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92447907","content_html":"AI answers are a new vector for election disinformation: werd.io
","summary":"For years, people have used social media to seed disinformation in order to swing elections. Now, the answers our search engines and expert systems produce have become more vulnerable.","url":"https://werd.io/by-the-pricking-of-my-corpus-something-wicked-answers-for-us/","date_published":"2026-06-18T13:26:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-18 13:26","date_timestamp":1781789190,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91939468","content_html":"The honest truth about leaders who want to replace their workers with AI: werd.io
","summary":"\"The problem tends to show up when a CEO is handed an agentic tool like Claude Code, and has it create something, which will work just fine, and thinks “oh, wait, why do we need so many people, when I can just sit here and make things work?”\n\nThis is a bad CEO.\"","url":"https://werd.io/the-honest-truth-about-leaders-who-want-to-replace-their-workers-with-ai/","date_published":"2026-06-10T22:19:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-10 22:19","date_timestamp":1781129968,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91905041","content_html":"To build the future, we need theories of change: werd.io
","summary":"News tends to treat technology as something that happens to it, like an asteroid. To better navigate the future, we need to imagine what might come next.","url":"https://werd.io/to-build-the-future-we-need-theories-of-change/","date_published":"2026-06-10T14:05:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-10 14:05","date_timestamp":1781100304,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91896976","content_html":"It's not enough to have better ideals. werd.io
","summary":"You also need to build a better product.","url":"https://werd.io/its-not-enough-to-have-better-ideals/","date_published":"2026-06-10T10:00:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Ben Werdmuller","url":"http://werd.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbenwerd%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"benwerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-10 10:00","date_timestamp":1781085615,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"68933258","content_html":"@werd.io Point taken! It had a very good run. Unfortunately it didn’t run for 34 years for us, so I’ve only known it during its finickety later years.
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