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Alex Fink on Founding Otherweb: Using AI to Curate High-Quality News and Combat Online Misinformation

Alex Fink is the founder and CEO of Otherweb, a public benefit corporation that provides an AI-based platform to help people consume high-quality information without junk like clickbait, ads, paywalls, or misinformation. 

Alex Fink founded Otherweb after realizing that the internet is overwhelmed with low-quality, trivial, and false information. With 15 years of experience in perception systems, Fink concluded that creating more data wasn't beneficial. Recognizing the need for a solution to help people consume higher-quality information, he established Otherweb, a public benefit corporation that uses AI to filter out clickbait, ads, paywalls, and misinformation. Otherweb provides users with a curated environment to read news, commentary, listen to podcasts, and search the web. The platform employs AI models to evaluate the credibility, substance, and tone of content, displaying summaries and "nutrition labels" with metrics like article tone and reading level.

Discover how Otherweb is transforming the way we consume information online by filtering out low-quality and misleading content. Learn about the innovative use of AI to provide a pristine feed of credible news, commentary, and podcasts. Don't miss this insightful conversation on creating a healthier digital information diet.

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