Jon S. von Tetzchner

In April 1994 I started working on the Opera browser with Geir Iversøy, my co-founder. I worked at Opera for 17 years, leaving it after disagreeing with investors about the way forward. Two years later I co-founded @Vivaldi with Tatsuki Tomita and Anne Stavnes. This was in 2013.

For more than 30 years we have provided alternatives to Big Tech. First with Opera and now with Vivaldi. The focus has always been quite different from our competitors. More features, more privacy, more flexibility. Lately it has also meant the choice to avoid things like Crypto and Blockchain, avoid integrating AI and avoid integrating surveillance. This is not given. Most of our competitors are building in one or more of the above.

If you like what we are doing and our stand, feel free to download Vivaldi. If you are already with us, please tell your friends.

#Vivaldi #EU #Europa #Technology #Browser #Windows #Macos #Linux #Android #IOS #Automotive #Computer

Did you like the Web better before it got messed up by Big Tech and AI? It is still there, you just need to look for it.

#Vivaldi #BigTech #AI #Windows #Macos #Linux

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ftIDyHJ3rs

My survey showed that 99% of you do not agree with the LLMs when they say that Microsoft has changed their ways and are no longer an Evil Empire.

The question is also then how the LLMs all come up with a very similar, but wrong text? LLMs are not intelligent. They just repeat the prevailing Truth and this means they can easily be manipulated in the same way SEO is used to manipulate search rankings. Anyone looking at search results knows how badly that is working and the risk is that the all knowing LLMs are and will be manipulated in the same way.

I think this matters a lot as more and more are looking at LLMs as some infallible source of information. We struggle enough with misinformation on the Web, that is pushed by the content algorithms on social media. LLMs have the potential to be an even worse source of crucial information than those content algorithms.

#AI #Technology #Politics