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At the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales dismissed Elon Musk's Grokipedia as a 'cartoon imitation' of Wikipedia, praising human-vetted, verifiable knowledge and warning that AI models often hallucinate, underscoring why Wikipedia's editors remain essential to accurate information.
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, a Hamas-linked NGO, launched WikiRights in Gaza to train 12 Palestinians as editors and human-rights researchers for Wikipedia pages on the Israel-Hamas war, aiming to document victims and human rights issues through live testimonies; critics point to the group’s Hamas ties and sanctions against its founder.
The Wikimedia Foundation has begun paid data-access deals with AI firms including Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity to monetize Wikipedia’s data and help cover rising infrastructure costs from automated scraping, signaling a shift from donation-based funding to enterprise partnerships; the foundation also envisions AI tools to assist editors and a conversational search experience that cites verified text.
A Nieman Lab essay argues that Wikipedia’s 25-year approach — constant updates, strict sourcing, a codified culture of consensus and transparent talk pages — proves news can be a living, collaborative product rather than a fixed daily front page, offering lessons for how outlets update, verify, link, and build trust with readers.
On its 25th anniversary, Wikipedia announced AI partnerships with Microsoft, Meta and Perplexity to broaden the use of artificial intelligence in content creation and search-related efforts.
As Wikipedia marks its 25th anniversary, it faces political attacks, relentless AI scraping that strains servers, and a shrinking pool of volunteers, threatening the site’s founding ideals of neutral, noncommercial, human-edited knowledge. External pressures include proposed UK age-gating, Saudi editor imprisonments, and China blocks, while debates about AI’s impact on human knowledge deepen. Wikimedia’s new CEO Bernadette Meehan aims to navigate these challenges, but renewal of editor engagement and sustainable funding remain critical to keeping Wikipedia a trusted knowledge base used by AI and search engines.
Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon have joined Google in paying for Wikimedia Enterprise’s paid, enterprise-grade Wikipedia API access used for commercial purposes and AI training, with Perplexity and Mistral AI also involved; funds support the Wikimedia Foundation’s projects and aim to sustain Wikipedia’s ecosystem by providing a tuned data interface and features for corporate users.
Jimmy Wales highlighted the need for improved neutrality in Wikipedia's 'Gaza Genocide' article, criticizing its current biased portrayal and urging editors to use balanced, high-quality sources to fairly represent all perspectives amid ongoing controversy.
Elon Musk's Grokipedia, an AI-powered online encyclopedia challenging Wikipedia, has launched with the goal of creating a comprehensive open-source knowledge base. The two sites compare themselves critically, with Grokipedia accusing Wikipedia of ideological bias and Wikipedia criticizing Grokipedia's reliance on AI and content duplication. Despite their rivalry, both platforms acknowledge their interdependence, with Grokipedia relying on Wikipedia's human-curated content.
Elon Musk has launched Grokipedia, a new crowdsourced online encyclopedia aimed at rivaling Wikipedia, with a focus on truth and transparency. The site, powered by Musk's xAI model, has significantly fewer articles than Wikipedia and features a minimalist design. While Wikipedia relies on volunteer editors and extensive sourcing, Grokipedia's content sourcing and editorial process remain unclear, and it has been criticized for potential biases and limited references. Musk's move appears to challenge Wikipedia's influence and address perceived biases in information sources.
Netizens shared various examples of what is currently in its "Golden Age" but not widely recognized, including the accessibility of knowledge through platforms like Wikipedia, advancements in astronomy and photography, the resurgence of knitting, and the anti-censorship movement in the United States. Other notable mentions include cooking, genetics, non-alcoholic beers, and the maturation of the Linux desktop experience.
Neri Oxman, a former MIT professor, has been found to have plagiarized content from Wikipedia and other sources in her doctoral dissertation and academic papers. Business Insider's investigation revealed 28 instances of plagiarism, including unattributed text and illustrations. Oxman admitted to the plagiarism and apologized, while her husband, billionaire Bill Ackman, has used similar plagiarism accusations to call for the resignation of university leaders. Ackman has also announced plans to review MIT leadership for plagiarism. MIT has not commented on the matter.
ChatGPT's Wikipedia page received the highest number of views among all English articles on the platform in 2023, with a staggering 49.49 million page views. This surpassed the second-most popular article, Deaths in 2023, by over 6.8 million views. The popularity of ChatGPT on Wikipedia reflects its widespread adoption and interest in the AI chatbot developed by OpenAI. Overall, the English version of Wikipedia garnered over 84 billion views.
Wikipedia's most viewed pages in 2023 reflect the global interest in artificial intelligence, Indian entertainment, and notable deaths. The page about OpenAI's virtual chatbot ChatGPT topped the list with over 49.4 million page views, followed by biographical posts about people who died in 2023, the 2023 Cricket World Cup, the Indian Premier League, and the movie "Oppenheimer." Indian users played a significant role in shaping the list, with a fifth of the entries coming from India and Southeast Asia.
Wikipedia has released its list of the most-viewed articles in 2023, with the top spot going to an article about ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that has gained widespread popularity. The annual list of deaths came in second, followed by the 2023 Cricket World Cup in third place. Other notable articles included the Indian Premier League, films such as "Oppenheimer" and "Jawan," and figures like Taylor Swift and Matthew Perry. The United States and the United Kingdom were the top countries accessing English Wikipedia.