Ron Helwig Unfortunately, venice.ai openly lies about their models...

February 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM  ·  Comment — Archer T. Ships replied to Ron Helwig's comment.  ·  View on Facebook  ·  Markdown source

Ron Helwig Unfortunately, venice.ai openly lies about their models being "uncensored" (which means you can't trust anything else they say), doesn't provide a means to access their API anonymously, doesn't allow anonymous payment (such as Monero), and their MOR token is a token on the Ethereum blockchain (which means it's subject to the same network analysis / surveillance that Ethereum / Bitcoin are subject to). The venice.ai code is also closed source, so no one can independently verify that it works the way he says it does. I've communicated these concerns directly to Vorhees, and he hasn't made any effort to fix them as far as I can tell. And we know that when he was running Shapeshift, he required users to supply KYC/AML data, which he then turned over to the Feds. Truly private systems have to be designed and run such that even if the CIA kidnapped and tortured the developers/sysadmins, they wouldn't have any information to turn over. Otherwise, such systems are vulnerable to rubber hose attacks, like the ones Vorhees caved to in the past.