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We interviewed Bernadette Meehan, the new CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, and asked her in detail about what Wikipedia aims to achieve in the age of AI.
10+ hour, 7+ min ago (1477+ words) CEO Meehan: Yes. The remaining 20% is made up of various things. Of course, we get about $9 million (approximately 1. 42 billion yen) from commercial contracts. The rest comes from large donations and investment income of over $1, 000 (approximately 158, 000 yen). Also, in order to…...
Wikipedia administrator account compromised and temporarily put into read-only mode
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (574+ words) by Harleen Quinzellov" A serious security incident occurred across Wikimedia projects, including the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, on March 5, 2026. The issue compromised an administrator account at the Wikimedia Foundation, leading to mass deletion and vandalism of pages across multiple language versions,…...
News media companies restrict access to Internet archives due to concerns about AI data collection
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (654+ words) The Internet Archive, which collects and preserves vast amounts of online content, also stores page versions and dates and times, and the total number of stored web pages exceeded 1 trillion in October 2025. Many of the pages stored by the Internet…...
I saw the new Genshin characters from Nad Klai, including Colombina and Aino, at Wonder Festival 2026 [Winter]
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (620+ words) Genshin Impact is an open-world RPG set in Teyvat, a world made up of seven nations ruled by Colombina sitting on the moon. There is a moon spirit beside me. It seems that the facial expression can be changed. 1-13-07 ' momo…...
As Wikipedia celebrates its 25th anniversary, we spoke with the head of machine learning and data engineering at the Wikimedia Foundation about AI, donation banners, and data centers.
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1624+ words) by Victorgrigas /Chris Albon January 15, 2026 marks the 25th anniversary of Wikipedia, the world's largest online encyclopedia. We had the opportunity to interview Chris Albon, Head of Machine Learning and Data Engineering at the Wikimedia Foundation, via email, and asked him a…...
Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI officially announced as paid program partners of Wikipedia
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (41+ words) GIGAZINE NVIDIA responds to reports that Ge Force RTX 5070 Ti production has ended Jan 16, 2026 11: 55: 00 in AI, Web Service, Posted by log1e_dh...
The world's largest online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a special project called Wikipedia 25.
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (92+ words) Wikipedia, the world's largest online encyclopedia, will celebrate its 25th anniversary on January 15, 2026. To commemorate this, the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that runs Wikipedia, has announced a year-long commemorative project called ' Wikipedia 25. ' Wikipedia's 25th birthday celebration " Wikimedia Foundation Implementing a human-first…...
Wikipedia halts test of AI-generated summaries at the beginning of articles after editor backlash
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (87+ words) Wikipedia has suspended a test of displaying AI-generated summaries at the beginning of articles after receiving negative feedback from the editorial community. Wikipedia Pauses AI-Generated Summaries After Editor Backlash Wikipedia suffers backlash from human editors over AI summaries, prompting feature…...
Wikimedia Foundation takes legal action, claiming UK regulation would 'destroy' Wikipedia
1+ year, 2+ week ago (596+ words) by throwthedamnthing The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, has filed a legal challenge to the UK law that aims to restrict content related to illegal drugs, child sexual abuse, terrorism and other harmful content, arguing that the law could be…...