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One of the Internet's Most Iconic Websites Just Took a Bold Stand. The Rest Should Follow.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (317+ words) Nitish Pahwa: How long have you been thinking about how to tackle A. I. across Wikipedia? But the burden kept increasing. We had to set up a new system to track all of the A. I. issues. Half of our administrative discussions were focused…...
Wikipedia Is The Most Human Place On The Internet
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (116+ words) While Wikipedia has long been seen as an infinite well of knowledge, it's kept alive by hundreds of thousands of dedicated human volunteers. Wikipedia Is The Most Human Place On The Internet The platform's AI ban is just the beginning....
Elon Musk Has His Own Encyclopedia Now. Well, We Read Some of the Entries "
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (611+ words) Listen to What Next: A hallucinating encyclopedia may not be exactly what you're looking for when you're doing research, but that's what writer Stephen Harrison found when he dug into Elon Musk's new A. I. -powered Grokipedia. "It's definitely not, like, an…...
Wikipedia Enters the Culture Wars
5+ mon, 19+ hour ago (106+ words) Musk seemed to turn on Wikipedia for calling him an "investor" and not letting him buy the site. A user base with a commitment to the truth is what makes Wikipedia work'and what makes it a target. Why would Elon…...
A Wikipedia Conference Took a Dark Turn. Unfortunately, It's Not a Total Surprise.
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (209+ words) We have so many haters on Wikipedia," Molly Stark Dean, a Wikipedian and conference organizer who was sitting in the front row, told Slate. I was like, Which corner of the internet is this guy from?" Then they saw his…...