Welcome to Source Notes, a Future Tense column about the internet’s information ecosystem. Five years ago, I traveled to Stockholm to cover the annual convention for Wikipedia and related free ...
Last month, the American non-profit organization behind Wikipedia issued draft guidelines for researchers studying how neutral Wikipedia really is. But instead of supporting open inquiry, the ...
Wikipedia is one of the premier internet institutions, relied on by millions of people worldwide for accurate, up-to-date information. The latest generative AI models also rely on this resource, but ...
Machine translators have made it easier than ever to create error-plagued Wikipedia articles in obscure languages. What happens when AI models get trained on junk pages? When Kenneth Wehr started ...
Wikipedia has tightened its stance on artificial intelligence (AI), restricting how contributors can use large language models (LLMs) across the platform. In updated guidance, the community-driven ...