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Tim Berners-Lee Advocates Non-Profit AI Research for Data Control

9/29/2025

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Tim Berners-Lee recalls creating the World Wide Web at CERN to enable collaboration, not profit.
He calls for a non-profit international artificial intelligence (AI) research body modeled on CERN's role.
He says the web isn’t free, as large platforms monetize data and algorithms harm health.
He promotes Solid, an open-source standard for data control, and cites political will as essential.

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Tim Berners-Lee recalls creating the World Wide Web at CERN to enable collaboration, not profit.
He calls for a non-profit international artificial intelligence (AI) research body modeled on CERN's role.
He says the web isn’t free, as large platforms monetize data and algorithms harm health.
He promotes Solid, an open-source standard for data control, and cites political will as essential.