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title: "Charlie Is an AI Assistant Built to Serve You, Not Our AI Overlords"
date: 2026-06-03
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description: "Charlie isn't actually a new idea -- it was originally proposed by Berners-Lee around a decade ago as an alternative to the Apple-owned chatbot Siri and the Amazon-owned Alexa. But unlike those ..."
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# Charlie Is an AI Assistant Built to Serve You, Not Our AI Overlords

Charlie isn't actually a new idea -- it was originally proposed by Berners-Lee around a decade ago as an alternative to the Apple-owned chatbot Siri and the Amazon-owned Alexa. But unlike those ...

*Published: 2026-06-03*