"“The bet is simple: the internet has more noise than ever, and the people who can sort signal from it have never been more valuable,” reads the note from founder Kevin Rose. “We're starting with AI. It's the noisiest, fastest-moving space on the internet right now. Papers, launches, threads, hot takes flying past faster than anyone can keep up with. If we can surface what actually matters here, we can do it anywhere.”"
"Digg says it plans to monitor the 1,000 “most thoughtful voices in AI” to see what they're paying attention to. It will then rank those stories to let users know what matters most. Among the sources the site is following are Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Andrej Karpathy, and Geoffrey Hinton. The list also includes professors, investors, researchers, and reporters focused on the AI beat."
"Rather than using the site's well-known URL, though, the home page currently refers users to a secondary site: di.gg/ai. That's only temporary, Digg says. “When things are ready, we'll move home to digg.com,” the website reads. Also, other areas of focus beyond AI will be forthcoming, Rose said."
Digg has returned after shutting down two months earlier, presenting a new mission centered on artificial intelligence. The site frames the internet as increasingly noisy and says people who can separate signal from noise are more valuable than ever. It plans to start by tracking 1,000 “most thoughtful voices in AI,” then ranking stories to show users what matters most. The monitored sources include prominent figures such as Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Andrej Karpathy, and Geoffrey Hinton, along with professors, investors, researchers, and AI-focused reporters. The relaunch currently routes users through a temporary AI landing page at di.gg/ai, with a plan to move back to digg.com when ready. Additional focus areas beyond AI are expected later.
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