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Tulu Wikipedia more than doubles in size in seven years

A group of dedicated academics and language enthusiasts have kept the Tulu language Wikipedia pages alive for the last over seven years. But some institutional support would give it a big boost, they say.

The Hindu

The Crunch: cherry tree blooms, the cost of booze and AI bias

We look at four of the best charts from the past fortnight, including why the number of preventive police searches has surged

The Guardian - AU

Wikipedia Pages That Sound Too Wild To Be True (38 Examples)

People online shared wild articles that can be found on Wikipedia. The post Wikipedia Pages That Sound Too Wild To Be True (38 Examples) first appeared on Bored Panda.

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The Guardian view on Wikipedia’s female volunteers: a hive heroism that changes history

Editorial: In the week of International Women’s Day, raise a glass to the unpaid contributors who are putting so many unsung lives on the map

The Guardian - UK

Ben Frost on working with Steve Albini: "As a recording engineer, he’s the equivalent of a war photographer – he’s not composing images and dictating proportions, he’s documenting what’s occurring in a space"

On Scope Neglect, Ben Frost extends his guitar obsession by re-engineering our perception of metal music

MusicRadar

UK academic’s Wikipedia project raises profile of women around the world

Lucy Moore has created a page for at least one woman from every country in the world for the online encyclopedia

The Guardian - UK

AI-generated articles have no place on the web: Wikipedia and Google consider complacent publications generally unreliable in seismic shift

CNET's ranking on Wikipedia has taken a major hit after the publication started publishing AI-generated articles in 2022. It has now been ranked as generally unreliable on the platforms.

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Magic secrets on the moon: Q&A with David Copperfield (exclusive)

Famed illusionist David Copperfield discusses his involvement with Intuitive Machines' historic moon mission and his desire to help preserve humanity's knowledge on and away from Earth.

Space

Elon Musk Promotes xAI's Grok Amid Google Gemini Accuracy Concerns

Google has temporarily paused its Gemini image generator, citing reports of it generating inaccurate depictions of historical pictures.

International Business Times UK

Senior Czechs Refine Wikipedia As Retirement Hobby

A frail 80-year-old retiree does not fit everyone's idea of a tech-savvy Wikipedia writer, but Jirina Kadnerova is a devoted contributor to the online encyclopedia.

International Business Times

Clearview AI is still collecting photos of Australians for its facial recognition database

Clearview AI said it can’t stop using Australians’ data for its facial recognition software because it can’t tell who’s Australian.

Crikey

NPR names tech executive Katherine Maher to lead in turbulent era

Incoming NPR CEO Katherine Maher has a background in tech and world affairs. She says the network's mission fits neatly with her advocacy of the free flow of information in expanding democracy.

WEKU

Ackman Harvard attack backfires on wife

"It certainly appears that the focus was never really about antisemitism and protecting students," scholar says

Salon

This Raspberry Pi 5 cyberdeck is ready for doomsday

Raspduino Uno is using a Raspberry Pi 5 to power their latest portable cyberdeck complete with a copy of Wikipedia’s database.

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Media now in Bill Ackman’s sights after wife embroiled in plagiarism row

Billionaire vows to tackle ‘problems with how our media operates’ after Neri Oxman accused of plagiarism in PhD thesis

Reason

Hell Hath No Fury

Plus: Nuking the Hamptons, upcharging the autists, tearing down the statues, and more...

The Independent UK

Bill Ackman says lifting from Wikipedia is not plagiarism after his wife’s work questioned

‘Neri has yet to vet yesterday’s plagiarism allegations, but she will get to them when she has time to do so,’ Mr Ackman wrote

The Independent UK

Wife of investor who pushed for resignation of Harvard president faces plagiarism accusations

‘I regret and apologize for these errors,’ Neri Oxman wrote after she was made aware of some of the allegations

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Wife of financier who called for Harvard head’s exit faces plagiarism allegations

After Claudine Gay was ousted amid accusations of plagiarism, Neri Oxman was accused of copying from Wikipedia in dissertation

Evening Standard

The biggest corporate gaffes of 2023

It's that time of the year again. Here are 15 of the City desk's best corporate gaffes of 2023

International Business Times UK

Brazil President's Wife Clashes With Elon Musk, Threatens To Sue X

This is not the first time that Musk has been involved in a Twitter feud with someone.

Bored Panda

“It Should Be Eye-Opening”: Hundreds Of People Associated With Jeffrey Epstein Will Be Exposed Next Year

The judge's order included a two-week delay to give people time to appeal the decision. The post “It Should Be Eye-Opening”: Hundreds Of People Associated With Jeffrey Epstein Will Be Exposed Next Year first appeared on Bored Panda.

Evening Standard

Why we need to fear the risk of AI model collapse

City Voices: When an AI lives off a diet of AI-flavoured content, the quality and diversity is likely to decrease over time.

The Independent UK

Reading on digital devices does little to improve reading, study suggests

Researchers suggest educators and parents should encourage students, especially younger ones, to read in print more often than on digital devices.

WEKU

From rizz to Liz to penguins going zzzz — it's the weekly news quiz

'Tis the season for end-of-year lists and honors, which means today's quiz practically wrote itself. Thanks, Wikipedia, Oxford, Pantone and Time!

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