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Ben Sherry

@bensherry.bsky.social

Webby-losing reporter at Inc. Magazine

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Burger King's New AI Assistant Is Designed to Be Helpful, But Will Workers Beef With It? Burger King employees will talk with Patty, an AI voice in their headsets that may keep tabs on words like 'please' and 'thank you.'

The video in this article includes some of the most dystopian shit I have seen in 4 years as an AI reporter.

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26.02.2026 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You still have time to delete this Carly slander

23.04.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sam why did they give her a last name

22.04.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hell no!

I will buy it for $500 with a digital download for Mario Kart World packed in.

03.04.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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Vote for the best of the internet I just voted in The Webby People's Voice Awards and checked my voter registration.

The game show that I hosted for @inc.com got nominated for a Webby! Please vote for me please please vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

01.04.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vote for the best of the internet I just voted in The Webby People's Voice Awards and checked my voter registration.

The game show that I hosted for @inc.com got nominated for a Webby! Please vote for me please please vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

01.04.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are Your Messages Really Secure? How to Use Encrypted Apps Safely Encrypted apps like Signal offer privacy, but simple mistakes can put your data at risk. Follow these best practices to stay protected.

This seems like a great time to talk about some best practices when communicating sensitive information with others! For @inc.com, @bensherry.bsky.social provides a quick guide on what apps like Signal, which offer end-to-end encryption, actually doβ€”and how to use them the smart way.

25.03.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œJust like 007 receives a mission and gets equipped with gadgets specifically designed to help him carry out that mission, AI models are given a purpose and then equipped with the tools needed to carry out that purpose.”

21.03.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some Employees Are 'Sabotaging' Their Company’s AI Strategy, According to a New Survey The survey found that 41 percent of Millennial and Gen-Z employees said they'd done some form of sabotage. Here's what that means.

Has your company's AI rollout been a total shitshow? Blame Gen-Z! www.inc.com/ben-sherry/e...

19.03.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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OpenAI’s New Developer Tools Make Building AI Agents Easy Here's how one company is already using the tools designed to help businesses create helpful AI agents.

Chatted with senior execs at OpenAI and Box about the new Agents SDK and Responses API: www.inc.com/ben-sherry/o...

14.03.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They can’t make me learn what Kubernetes are

06.03.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

It was always a matter of time before something like this happened

21.02.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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OpenAI Just Released o3-mini, Its Most Cost-Efficient Model Yet The release caps a big week that also saw the OpenAI making announcements related to U.S. government work.

OpenAI continues their proud tradition of being absolutely horrible at naming shit @inc.com

www.inc.com/ben-sherry/o...

31.01.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Zuckerberg Says 'Everything I Say Leaks' in Leaked Meeting Audio "There are a bunch of things that I think are value-destroying for me to talk about, so I’m not going to talk about those."

"Everything I say leaks," Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio. "It sucks"

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An AI summary of multiple New York Times notifications. The summary falsely states β€œPlane crash in Washington claimed no lives”

An AI summary of multiple New York Times notifications. The summary falsely states β€œPlane crash in Washington claimed no lives”

Incredible things are happening with Apple Intelligence

30.01.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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*wolfs

29.01.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

TLDR: it’s the AI boy who called wolf except both of them are wolves

29.01.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sorry this is a fucking outrage

25.01.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Announces Project Stargate, a Massive New Investment in AI The venture involves OpenAI, Softbank, and Oracle, and starts with an investment of $100 billion.

So what exactly is Project Stargate? @inc.com's @bensherry.bsky.social takes a look at the Trump-blessed AI initiative www.inc.com/ben-sherry/p...

22.01.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Talked with some tech founders about how they can’t really prepare for Trump/Musk because things are so chaotic rn

17.01.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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this guy went on the Joe Rogan podcast to accuse other companies of insufficient innovation

11.01.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4607    πŸ” 543    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 47
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NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...

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Tom Holland’s Nonalcoholic Beer Brand Bero Launched in Target. How Will It Stand Out on Shelves? Amid the rapidly expanding non-alcoholic category, Bero intends to attract customers with a smart retail strategy.

Tom Holland’s non-alcoholic beer brand Bero launched in Target. How will it stand out on shelves?

07.01.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just like the β€œmale loneliness epidemic” the imbalance in men going to college is entirely their own doing. A whole generation has decided to make themselves uneducated and unfuckable because they’re addicted to resentment. Manosphere influencers line their pockets by ensuring they stay that way.

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How a Struggling Apple Orchard Became New York’s Top Cannabis Company Ten years ago, Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards was on the verge of collapse. Today, the family-owned company is building an empire.

Hi! Today is my birthday and it’d mean a lot to me if you check out and share my story about ayrloom, the NY-based cannabis company taking over the state. I worked on this for over a year and imo it’s the best thing I’ve ever written: www.inc.com/ben-sherry/a...

31.12.2024 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thinking about Sonic 3 again

23.12.2024 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0