Cory Bergman
@corybe.com
Cofounder and chief product officer @factal.com. Journalist entrepreneur, AI nerd. Former Breaking News, NBC News. Seattle
@theverge.com Hey how can I tell on mobile web which story is free and which is premium?
July 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
@theverge.com Hey how can I tell on mobile web which story is free and which is premium?
One of those ☀️ days in Seattle
May 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
One of those ☀️ days in Seattle
There are a lot of analysts and investors betting on a Trump reversal, which seems unlikely (at least at meaningful scale). I see a lot of future conditional verbs (“could” and “might”) in news coverage, which I think contributes to the uncertainty.
May 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
There are a lot of analysts and investors betting on a Trump reversal, which seems unlikely (at least at meaningful scale). I see a lot of future conditional verbs (“could” and “might”) in news coverage, which I think contributes to the uncertainty.
Is it just me finally seeing it, or did ChatGPT make news sources *much* more prominent...
April 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Is it just me finally seeing it, or did ChatGPT make news sources *much* more prominent...
Wall Street Journal’s editorial board is not mincing words: www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
April 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Wall Street Journal’s editorial board is not mincing words: www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
Critics say the Minecraft movie sucks — a “hyperactive hot-pink mess of a movie” — but it marked the biggest opening weekend of the year. Once again proving that most critics have no clue what younger people want.
April 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Critics say the Minecraft movie sucks — a “hyperactive hot-pink mess of a movie” — but it marked the biggest opening weekend of the year. Once again proving that most critics have no clue what younger people want.
I can’t stop thinking about this poem, believed to be written by Deepseek R1 (from katanhya/X).
February 1, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I can’t stop thinking about this poem, believed to be written by Deepseek R1 (from katanhya/X).
This makes me laugh — ESPN *finally* did something about Adam Schefter breaking everything first on Twitter.
January 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This makes me laugh — ESPN *finally* did something about Adam Schefter breaking everything first on Twitter.
Given the influx of Threads users today, this Bluesky activity graph (likes) will undoubtedly bounce back up again. The declines leveled off the last few days...
bsky.jazco.dev/stats
bsky.jazco.dev/stats
January 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Given the influx of Threads users today, this Bluesky activity graph (likes) will undoubtedly bounce back up again. The declines leveled off the last few days...
bsky.jazco.dev/stats
bsky.jazco.dev/stats
It happened again — this time live activities beat the radio broadcast by ~20 seconds. Popped up while driving. Really curious how Apple is doing this so quickly.
December 31, 2024 at 8:21 PM
It happened again — this time live activities beat the radio broadcast by ~20 seconds. Popped up while driving. Really curious how Apple is doing this so quickly.
Has felt like Bluesky has been decelerating a bit lately, and sure enough: daily activity is declining bsky.jazco.dev/stats
December 30, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Has felt like Bluesky has been decelerating a bit lately, and sure enough: daily activity is declining bsky.jazco.dev/stats
Apple Sports’ live activity is — too fast. It’s running ahead of live cable TV here in Seattle by ~10 seconds. TD alerted before the actual snap. 😠
December 22, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Apple Sports’ live activity is — too fast. It’s running ahead of live cable TV here in Seattle by ~10 seconds. TD alerted before the actual snap. 😠
Good time to make sure all your OpenAI stuff fails gracefully 😬
December 12, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Good time to make sure all your OpenAI stuff fails gracefully 😬
Christian is so excited he’s gonna pay for 1.5 maybe 2 years of tuition with that $100k check #secchampionship
December 7, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Christian is so excited he’s gonna pay for 1.5 maybe 2 years of tuition with that $100k check #secchampionship
Grok's new-and-improved AI image generator has fewer guardrails than most, which means you can create things like this. However to the trained eye, it's still obviously fake – and TrueMedia.org tests are correctly flagging it as "substantial evidence" of AI. So it hasn't crossed the rubicon.. yet.
December 7, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Grok's new-and-improved AI image generator has fewer guardrails than most, which means you can create things like this. However to the trained eye, it's still obviously fake – and TrueMedia.org tests are correctly flagging it as "substantial evidence" of AI. So it hasn't crossed the rubicon.. yet.
The vicious cycle. As with classifieds, businesses that fund journalism are adjacent.
December 1, 2024 at 5:17 PM
The vicious cycle. As with classifieds, businesses that fund journalism are adjacent.
Some of @factalnews.bsky.social real-time verified coverage of the Syrian opposition's advance over the last few days. (We provide our product for free to nearly 300 NGOs).
November 30, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Some of @factalnews.bsky.social real-time verified coverage of the Syrian opposition's advance over the last few days. (We provide our product for free to nearly 300 NGOs).
Better late than never, just finished. Highly recommend. 🙌Thank you @kashhill.bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Better late than never, just finished. Highly recommend. 🙌Thank you @kashhill.bsky.social
Had ChatGPT draw this for me:
November 25, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Had ChatGPT draw this for me:
Had a blast holding a practical AI workshop for top global security and risk leaders at #OSAC. Focused on secure, thoughtful ways to put AI to work — there’s a real hunger out there to learn.
November 23, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Had a blast holding a practical AI workshop for top global security and risk leaders at #OSAC. Focused on secure, thoughtful ways to put AI to work — there’s a real hunger out there to learn.