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A striking graph, which went viral on Reddit last week, shows OpenAI's blockbuster AI chatbot ChatGPT overtaking Wikipedia.

Terrifying Survey Claims ChatGPT Has Overtaken Wikipedia

By Victor Tangermann

Recent efforts by right wing groups to target Wikipedia are beginning to converge as Elon Musk enters the fray.

Leaked Documents Show Plot to Dox Anonymous Wikipedia Editors Using Hacking and Facial Recognition

AI slop threatens to degrade the useability of the digital stalwart Wikipedia — and Wikipedia's editors are fighting back.

Artificial Intelligence

Wikipedia Declares War on AI Slop

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk, a 52-year-old centibillionaire, offered this weekend to pay Wikipedia one billion dollars to change its name to Dickipedia.

Elon Musk Is Now Bullying Wikipedia

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has some seriously mixed feelings about AI being used to write entries for the encyclopedia.

Artificial Intelligence

Founder of Wikipedia Says Maybe It Should Be Written by AI

By Victor Tangermann

A mysterious Chinese Wikipedia contributor who goes by the alias "Zhemao" spent ten years making up fictional accounts of Russian history.

Someone Slipped Hundreds of Fake Articles About Things That Never Happened Onto Wikipedia

By Victor Tangermann

A top Russian Wikipedia editor had been arrested for spreading "fake news" by Belarus authorities working with president of Russia Vladimir Putin.

Russia Reportedly Arrests Man for Editing Wikipedia About Ukraine

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger seems to have turned on his own creation, saying that the site can't be relied on to be truthful.

Guy Who Started Wikipedia Says Wikipedia Is Untrustworthy

By Dan Robitzski

Wikipedia is gettings its first major redesign in a decade, with changes scheduled to slowly trickle out over the coming years.

Science & Energy

Please No: They’re Redesigning Wikipedia

By Dan Robitzski

The Russian government confirmed it will replace Wikipedia with an online version of the "Great Russian Encyclopedia," Reuters reports.

Russia Says It Will Replace Wikipedia With State-Run Site

By Victor Tangermann

A new website called M-Journal will turn Wikipedia articles into fake academic articles so that students can cite it in their homework.

Artificial Intelligence

This Site Turns Wikipedia Pages Into Fake Academic Papers

By Dan Robitzski

North Face has officially apologized for uploading images of remote locations with models wearing North Face swag in them to Wikipedia.

The North Face Vandalized Wikipedia, Then Apologized After Outcry

By Victor Tangermann

The Chinese government has extended its Wikipedia ban to include all available languages of the online encyclopedia, the Wikimedia foundation has confirmed.

China’s Government Just Blocked the Entirety of Wikipedia

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have created an AI than can find scientists that deserve (but don't have) Wikipedia pages, helping close the site's gender gap.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Shining a Spotlight on Women Scientists That Were Previously Overlooked

By Kristin Houser

This Remarkable Wikiverse Lets You See Like Never Before

This Remarkable Wikiverse Lets You See Like Never Before

By Jelor Gallego