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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales blows his top and hits da bricks 45 seconds into an interview, shouting 'It's a stupid question!' as he walks offstage

It was the first question.

PC Gamer

Five Great Reads: the ‘good guy’ behind Wikipedia, the lost art of flirting, and a war photographer’s greatest shots

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Guardian - AU

OPINION - Jimmy Wales: I have an idea which will save democracy. It's not what you think

To save democracy, here’s a mantra we should all live by

Evening Standard

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Jimmy Wales Warns Elon Musk's 'Grokipedia' Will Make 'Massive Errors' Amid Plagiarism Claims

Elon Musk's new AI encyclopaedia, Grokipedia, faces backlash for 'copy-paste' plagiarism and 'massive errors.' Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales warns of its unreliable, AI-generated content and lack of citations.

International Business Times UK

Elon Musk's Wikipedia rival site live after crashing on launch day

Grokipedia was live again this evening, with almost 900,000 articles.

Axios

First Thing: US and China agree ‘framework’ for trade deal ahead of Xi-Trump meeting

US treasury secretary anticipates tariff truce with China will be extended, and that Beijing will revive substantial purchases of US soybeans. Plus, is Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales the last decent tech baron?

The Guardian - UK

‘People thought I was a communist doing this as a non-profit’: is Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales the last decent tech baron?

In an online landscape characterised by doom and division, the people’s encyclopedia stands out – a huge collective endeavour giving everyone free access to the sum of human knowledge. But with Elon Musk branding it ‘Wokipedia’ and AI looming large, can it survive?

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Elon Musk Launches Grokipedia To Give The World 'Unfiltered Facts' - A Win Over Wikipedia, Or Just Hype?

Elon Musk has unveiled Grokipedia, an AI-powered rival to Wikipedia. Is it the future of knowledge — or just another flashy experiment?

International Business Times UK

Musk, Wikipedia Founder In Row Over How To Describe 'Nazi Salute'

The gesture was controversial enough, but now come the sub-controversies: Elon Musk is trolling Wikipedia and encouraging its defunding after a description of his recent flourish, seen by some as a Hitler salute, appeared on the encyclopedic website.

International Business Times

Elon Musk Among Tech Billionaires Aiming to 'Defund' Wikipedia, Calling It 'An Extension of Legacy Media Propaganda'

Elon Musk and a cohort of tech billionaires are rallying together to delegitimize Wikipedia.

Latin Times

Elon Musk furious after Wikipedia page calls his controversial gesture a ‘Nazi salute’

‘Defund Wikipedia until [the] balance is restored!’ Musk spouted on his social media platform X

The Independent UK

Project to 'free social media from billionaire control' plans to take on Musk and Zuck using Bluesky's open source protocol: 'It will take years and hundreds of millions of dollars'

Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales, actor Mark Ruffalo, and more have endorsed Free Our Feeds.

PC Gamer

Hollywood stars and geeks unite to billionaire-proof social media

The likes of Mark Ruffalo and Jimmy Wales are backing the Free Our Feeds project, to ensure Bluesky's tech will thrive even if the company goes bad.

Fortune

'No More Donations to Wikipedia': Elon Musk Slams Site Over Alleged Erroneous Deletions to Bill Clinton's Page

Musk quote-retweeted a video from the user @BGatesIsaPyscho and stated, 'No more donations to @Wikipedia until they start being truthful'.

International Business Times UK

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Explore the profiles of tech visionaries who revolutionized the internet and digital technology.

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.

Windows Central

Even Wikipedia's founder thinks ChatGPT is a 'mess and doesn't work at all'

Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia's founder, recently highlighted his concerns regarding OpenAI's AI-powered tool, especially its accuracy. The founder explained that using the tool to generate text on the platform was a mess as it did a terrible job since it got most of the details wrong and even provided inaccurate information.

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International Business Times UK

Wikipedia Founder Says ChatGPT-4 Is Terrible At Writing Wikipedia Articles

Despite criticising current generative AI models, Wikipedia's founder Jimmy Wales hasn't ruled out the idea of using AI for the free online encyclopedia.

Fortune

Wikipedia founder slams Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter as a ‘huge problem’ and says it is ‘being overrun by trolls and lunatics’

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says X—once Twitter—is overrun by trolls under Elon Musk.

Tom’s Guide

Wikipedia founder warns against relying on ChatGPT — it makes too many mistakes

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says ChatGPT ‘isn’t good enough for a great many things’ and could take 30 years to reach human-level intelligence.

Fortune

Wikipedia cofounder takes a pop at Musk's X—and says he's never heard of Grok

The jibes were the latest round of a series of spats between the world's richest man Musk and the Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales.

The Guardian - UK

Why is Elon Musk attacking Wikipedia? Because its very existence offends him

The X owner has no time for a democratic experiment dedicated to knowledge. He would rather yell puerile ‘jokes’ into the ether, writes Zoe Williams

PC Gamer

Official Minecraft wiki editors so furious at Fandom's 'degraded' functionality and popups they're overwhelmingly voting to leave the site

Citing "lack of transparency from Fandom [...] loss of features [...] and toxic company culture."

Reason

Interviewing Jimmy Wales, Cofounder of Wikipedia

Episode 460 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

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