Jack of all trades, master of none -- Chief of Search at Brave. Formerly at Cliqz and Tailcat, 3scale, Telefonica Research, University of Michigan...
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Josep M. Pujol retweeted
A European Commission proposal could create one of Europe’s largest privacy and national-security risks in decades. techletters.substack.com/p/t…
Through DMA enforcement, it may compel Google to hand over sensitive search data about millions of Europeans to third parties, including entities that could be used as fronts by hostile actors.
The privacy risk is serious. The national-security risk is real.
Josep M. Pujol retweeted
Here, we fixed it.
ALT Clusters of software logos ranging from non-encrypted (A: Safari, Mail, Calendar, Notes), (B: Chrome, Gmail, Google, Docs), (C: Arc, Superhuman, Notion, Notion) to encrypted and privacy-first (D: Brave, Proton Mail, Proton Calendar, Standard Notes).
Josep M. Pujol retweeted
The cat is out of the bag! Long live Leo!
ALT Photo of a metallic cybernetic lion named "Leo" with intense orange internal lighting and vibrant lens flare effects, powerfully emerging from a digital bag. The lion's fists are tightly clenched, its head is thrown back in a mighty roar, and from its mouth comes a burst of light, accentuating the roar's volume. The digital bag is visually exploding into fragments and a haze of pixels, underlining the immense power of the lion's breakout. The background softly blurs diverse spectators, their arms uplifted in exhilaration, their faces illuminated by the orange glow, celebrating the lion's triumphant release.
Josep M. Pujol retweeted
This week on #TheBraveTechnologist, Josep M. Pujol, Chief of Search at Brave, and Subu Sathyanarayana, Director of Engineering for Brave, discuss their quest to improve Internet search and how quickly it’s evolving with the adoption of AI.
Listen to the full podcast, hosted by Luke Mulks, here: kite.link/S8E2
Josep M. Pujol retweeted
Today we're thrilled to announce Brave Search is now 100% independent!
We've removed the last remnants of Bing from our privacy-preserving search engine's results so users are now entirely served by Brave's independent search index.
Read more here: brave.com/search-independenc…
Josep M. Pujol retweeted
Today we're thrilled to launch the latest AI-powered feature in Brave Search: the Summarizer!
The Brave Summarizer uses our large language models (LLMs) to produce concise answers at the top of Brave Search results pages.
Read this blog to learn more: brave.com/ai-summarizer/
Josep M. Pujol retweeted
Brave is launching private search ads today. During this beta test, select users will see them in their search results.
Like all Brave products, these ads respect your anonymity. Your data is not tied to any personal identifying information.
Learn more: brave.com/private-search-ads…
Josep M. Pujol retweeted
Football Legend Eric Cantona reminds football fans: "Let's not forget Julian Assange. A journalist jailed in England for publishing war crimes" #FreeAssangeNOW #WorldCup2022
Josep M. Pujol retweeted
“We index less than 10% of the #URLs we are aware of.
We make a conscious decision to index pages only where we have some evidence of #usefulness.” Great interview with @solso on @brave & #search by @dkb868
dkb.io/post/brave-search-int…
Josep M. Pujol retweeted
Goggles show real search innovation (Big Tech in monopoly phase, tying their businesses together, is the opposite of innovation).
A Goggle is a URL-addressed file of adblock filter syntax for re-ranking the index to suit your or your community's needs. github.com/brave/goggles-qui…
Unlike Google + Bing, Brave Search doesn’t manipulate its algorithm to bias or down-rank results. However, all search engines have some level of intrinsic bias. Goggles gives you the power to search without these limits.
Try Goggles (in beta) today! search.brave.com/goggles/dis…
Josep M. Pujol retweeted
I feel like @brave Goggles is the biggest innovation in search in the last decade. Lean left or right? Want certain kinds of results? Pick your biases, don't allow others to pick it for you. Share and collaborate on Goggles too!
Unlike Google + Bing, Brave Search doesn’t manipulate its algorithm to bias or down-rank results. However, all search engines have some level of intrinsic bias. Goggles gives you the power to search without these limits.
Try Goggles (in beta) today! search.brave.com/goggles/dis…
Josep M. Pujol retweeted
7/7 We think best practice for a privacy brand is to put user privacy above all, including partner demands for user-identifying tracking exceptions as revenue quid pro quo. This is what @Brave does: Brave categorically does not and will not harm user privacy to satisfy partners.
Josep M. Pujol retweeted
@Brave May stats:
Browser:
MAU: 59.3M
DAU: 18.6M (HWM; 28-day mean: 17.8M)
Search:
QPM: 411.7M (10.4% MoM↑)
Annualized: 4.9B
QPD Peak 5/16&31: 13.8M
7-day mean: 13.4M
28-day mean: 13.3M
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@Brave April stats:
Browser:
MAU: 55.5M
DAU: 17.9M (HWM; 28-day mean: 17M)
Search:
QPM: 372.8M (5.5% MoM↑)
Annualized: 4.5B
Peak QPD 4/25: 13.4M
7-day mean: 13M QPD
28-day mean: 12.5M QPD
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Josep M. Pujol retweeted
For the record, @Brave has passed up or failed to close such deals because we would not whitelist the tracking scripts across the Web that the search partner said they require to be unblocked. We chose not to violate our own principles and our users' trust, at high cost to us. /2
Josep M. Pujol retweeted
We'd rather reform search ads in the manner we've taken on Brave Ads: user-first, privacy-preserving via client+p2p anonymity tech, and no third party — including our servers — tracking you across the Web. Even if it takes more time and capital to prove that this is possible. /3
Josep M. Pujol retweeted
At the beginning as an artist I was using Google on some of my devices since it was better for references and images, but not anymore, Brave Search gets me the results I need while keeping me private and secure.
@lukemulks @BrendanEich @BraveSampson
Josep M. Pujol retweeted
Very nice interview with @Brave Chief of Brave Search @solso about Brave Search as a true alternative to Google Search
ALT Image by: busstheworld.com
In today's @dkb868 blog, our Chief of Search @solso discusses why Brave Search is the true alternative to Google Search with independence, privacy, and innovation such as Discussions, the Web Discovery Project, and upcoming Goggles. dkb.io/post/brave-search-int…
Josep M. Pujol retweeted
In today's @dkb868 blog, our Chief of Search @solso discusses why Brave Search is the true alternative to Google Search with independence, privacy, and innovation such as Discussions, the Web Discovery Project, and upcoming Goggles. dkb.io/post/brave-search-int…
Josep M. Pujol retweeted
@Brave April stats:
Browser:
MAU: 55.5M
DAU: 17.9M (HWM; 28-day mean: 17M)
Search:
QPM: 372.8M (5.5% MoM↑)
Annualized: 4.5B
Peak QPD 4/25: 13.4M
7-day mean: 13M QPD
28-day mean: 12.5M QPD
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@Brave March stats.
Browser:
MAU: 52.7M
DAU: 17.3M (HWM; 28-day mean: 16.3M)
Search:
QPM: 353.3M (25.8% MoM↑)
Annualized: 4.2B
Peak QPD 3/28: 12.8M
7-day mean: 12.3M QPD
28-day: 11.5M QPD
@AttentionToken
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