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Originality AI: 23 major news websites and Reddit block the Internet Archive's crawler; journalists and advocacy groups sign a letter supporting the Archive
8+ hour, 3+ min ago (66+ words) Kate Knibbs / Wired: Originality AI: 23 major news websites and Reddit block the Internet Archive's crawler; journalists and advocacy groups sign a letter supporting the Archive This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 8: 00 AM ET,…...
Matt Mullenweg says Em Dash, while open source, is designed "to sell more Cloudflare services" and lacks the cross-platform democratization of Word Press
1+ week, 3+ day ago (64+ words) Matt Mullenweg: Matt Mullenweg says Em Dash, while open source, is designed "to sell more Cloudflare services" and lacks the cross-platform democratization of Word Press This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 1: 21 AM ET,…...
Wikipedia bans using AI for writing or rewriting articles on its English-language site, citing AI-written articles' tendency to violate "core content policies
2+ week, 4+ day ago (68+ words) Emma Roth / The Verge: Wikipedia bans using AI for writing or rewriting articles on its English-language site, citing AI-written articles' tendency to violate "core content policies" This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 11: 50 AM…...
English-language Wikipedia bans Archive. today after editors discover it was used to direct a DDo S attack and tampered with snapshots; 695 K+ links to be removed
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (50+ words) Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: English-language Wikipedia bans Archive. today after editors discover it was used to direct a DDo S attack and tampered with snapshots; 695 K+ links to be removed This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the…...
Tests show GPT-5. 2 on Chat GPT citing Grokipedia as a source on a wide range of queries, including on Iranian conglomerates and Holocaust deniers
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (48+ words) Aisha Down / The Guardian: Tests show GPT-5. 2 on Chat GPT citing Grokipedia as a source on a wide range of queries, including on Iranian conglomerates and Holocaust deniers This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared…...
A profile of Wikipedia as it faces challenges, including attacks from Elon Musk and the far right, reduced traffic due to AI, and legal challenges in India
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (51+ words) Darren Loucaides / Financial Times: A profile of Wikipedia as it faces challenges, including attacks from Elon Musk and the far right, reduced traffic due to AI, and legal challenges in India This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how…...
Wikimedia celebrates Wikipedia's 25th anniversary, marking its growth from 100 pages to 65 M+ articles with nearly 15 B monthly views, and releases a docuseries
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (47+ words) Emma Roth / The Verge: Wikimedia celebrates Wikipedia's 25th anniversary, marking its growth from 100 pages to 65 M+ articles with nearly 15 B monthly views, and releases a docuseries This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 6: 45 AM ET,…...
The Wikimedia Foundation says Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral joined Wikimedia Enterprise to get "tuned" API access; Google is already a member
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (47+ words) Emma Roth / The Verge: The Wikimedia Foundation says Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral joined Wikimedia Enterprise to get "tuned" API access; Google is already a member This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at…...
Jimmy Wales says Wikimedia is working with Big Tech on AI deals similar to Google and reader donations are "not to subsidize Open AI costing us a ton of money
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (73+ words) [Techmeme permalink] Reuters: Jimmy Wales says Wikimedia is working with Big Tech on AI deals similar to Google and reader donations are "not to subsidize Open AI costing us a ton of money" " Wikipedia is working with Big Tech on…...
Cornell researchers: x AI's Grokipedia cites neo-Nazi website Stormfront 42 times, Infowars 34 times, and white nationalist website VDare 107 times
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (69+ words) [Techmeme permalink] David Ingram / NBC News: Cornell researchers: x AI's Grokipedia cites neo-Nazi website Stormfront 42 times, Infowars 34 times, and white nationalist website VDare 107 times" " An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk…...