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Erik Voorhees on Building the Uncensored ChatGPT
March 3, 2026, 1:43 PM
Erik Voorhees on Building the Uncensored ChatGPT
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Solving the AI Censorship Problem
Erik Voorhees, founder of Venice AI and the man behind ShapeShift, crypto's first non-custodial exchange, sat down with The Rollup live at NearCon to make a bold case: the AI industry has a censorship problem, and the crypto ethos is the cure. From the origins of ShapeShift post-Mt.
Gox, to why he thinks cryptocurrency was ultimately built for AI agents, to his blunt take on SBF's bid for a pardon, this one covers serious ground.
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