Daily Tech News Show We Need a W3C for AI - DTNSB WEEKEND
Jun 7, 2025
Molly Wood, Founder and CEO of Mollywood Media and host of Everybody in the Pool, joins the discussion on AI and privacy. They explore the need for standardization around personal data management in AI technologies, reminiscent of early internet days. Key topics include the implications of using chatbots and large language models for personal health data, and the balance between user convenience and privacy. Molly also shares insights on climate technology, tying in the environmental impact of tech innovations.
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Digital Clone on Your Phone
- Molly Wood shared discovering a South Korean company, NUNAL, creating a digital clone operating system that runs only on personal data locally.
- This clone serves as a personalized AI companion on your device without sending data to large cloud models, preserving privacy.
AI Needs Collaborative Standards Body
- Tim Berners-Lee likens today's AI environment to the early web days before W3C's standards formation.
- He says AI lacks a collaborative standards body, urging for something like W3C or CERN to oversee AI development.
AI Monopoly Likely Due to Training Costs
- High costs of training AI models favor monopolies, making cooperation on standards unlikely.
- Only breakthroughs like DeepSea’s low-cost model training could disrupt this landscape.