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An influx of AI content is forcing Wikipedia’s volunteers to rethink how they can maintain the site’s credibility.
British rocker Terry "Superlungs" Reid passed away at 75 after a battle with cancer (via The Guardian). He never topped the ...
The fight has raged for nearly 10,000 words at this point, and still Wikipedia ’s editors aren’t sure whether to put an article about a 2005 sociopolitical documentary on its main page.
This screenshot from 404 Media shows another version of an AI-generated summary on a Wikipedia page. The planned test would have only showed up on the mobile web version of the site.
According to McIver, they looked at 35 Wikipedia articles in total, including several that were meant to act as beacons of normal website traffic, such as the Wikipedia Main Page.
Wikipedia has notability and core content requirements it considers before allowing a page to be published, such as the subject's history of publication in legitimate sources.
Wikipedia's decision to go dark brings the issue into a much brighter spotlight. A group of Wikipedia users have discussed for more than a month whether it should react to the legislation.
Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, has revealed its most edited articles of the year. Some are completely unsurprising — like the articles about Brexit, the Panama Papers, the Orlando ...