Erik Voorhees and Teana Baker-Taylor are co-founders of Venice, an open-source and uncensored AI chatbot and content generation platform.

In this episode, the Venice co-founders discuss the vision and approach of their product in contrast to more restrictive and centralized AI models like ChatGPT.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

00:43 Origin of Venice AI

02:37 'AI is like Bitcoin but scarier'

07:29 Proprietary AI Models

09:12 Regulatory Inefficiencies

11:16 Global AI Regulatory Regimes

16:46 AI Censorship

20:11 Moderation on Venice

25:01 Freedom vs Privacy

34:11 Venice Pricing Model

36:35 AI Agents

39:44 AI 'Rights'

50:37 Venice Roadmap

54:10 Closing Thoughts

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