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Left-leaning Wikipedia blocked founder from editing site " after he campaigned to make it more balanced
20+ hour, 33+ min ago (953+ words) Left-leaning'website Wikipedia took the drastic action of blocking one of its founders from editing pages on Monday " after he had campaigned to make it more balanced and fair. However, Sanger " who coined the name "Wikipedia," drafted the site's foundational set…...
Woman boasts the "luckiest garden" in the world after finding dozens of rare clovers " with some up to 7 leaves
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (518+ words) A woman says she has the "luckiest garden" in the world " home to dozens of four, five, six, and even seven-leaf clovers. Elle Ashton, 34, recently discovered a patch of the lucky flowers growing in her garden. Four-leaf clovers are considered…...
Wikipedia blames Chat GPT for falling traffic " and claims bots are stealing its hard work
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (463+ words) Is Chat GPT just Wikiped-AI? After threatening to replace humans in many sectors, generative AI is now targeting online platforms as well. Wikipedia is seeing a sharp decline in traffic as online users increasingly turn to Chat GPT and Google…...
How a handful of woke Wikipedia editors are trying to erase The Post and other outlets that don't align with their worldview
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (852+ words) Wikipedia editors are helping politicians like Zohran Mamdani " and censoring outlets like The New York Post " by editing scandals out of entries. For years, Mamdani has built relationships with the most radical groups in America. Before being elected mayor of…...
Wikipedia officially bans AI-generated content " relying on human editors for bot detection
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (546+ words) The internet's favorite encyclopedia has officially banned its 260, 000 human editors from using artificial intelligence to write articles " a major crackdown as so-called "AI slop" floods the web. The new policy, approved by volunteers at the Wikimedia Foundation's flagship site Wikipedia,…...
Wikipedia co-founder blocks editing of "Gaza genocide" page over "egregious" anti-Israel claims
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (607+ words) Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales personally intervened to block the site's users from editing a page titled "Gaza genocide" after describing the article as a "particularly egregious" violation of neutrality. "At present, the lede and the overall presentation state, in Wikipedia's…...
AI-powered Grokipedia goes live as Elon Musk takes on "Wokipedia: "10x better
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (725+ words) Elon Musk has launched an early version of Grokipedia, his AI-powered digital encyclopedia built to rival Wikipedia " which he has slammed as "Wokipedia," accusing it of leftist bias. Named after his firm x AI's chatbot Grok, the new website went…...
Europe caves to bullies on speech, Yes, Wikipedia can be fixed and other commentary
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (38+ words) Foreign desk: Europe Caves to Bullies on Speech Tech watch: Yes, Wikipedia Can Be Fixed Liberal: Ditch the Two-Party System Now Libertarian: Blame Randi & Co. " Not "Fascists" Gotham journal: Waymo"s Coming, Like It or Not...
Wikipedia's censorship is a threat to civilization itself
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (800+ words) Wikipedia founder Larry Sanger made waves this week when he discussed the crowdsourced website's outright censorship of conservative voices via a blacklist of banned news outlets. For me, Sanger's revelation came as no surprise: The news publication I founded and…...
Elon Musk announces x AI building "Grokipedia" to rival Wikipedia amid bias accusations
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (339+ words) Elon Musk said Tuesday that his artificial intelligence firm x AI is building "Grokipedia" " an open-source digital encyclopedia to rival Wikipedia, which the tech tycoon has repeatedly accused of leftist bias. The Tesla founder boasted that the new encyclopedia " named…...