The Latest Breaking News from Wikipedia

Google’s AI Overviews are cutting off the oxygen to the web

Google’s AI Overviews are fundamentally changing how users interact with search results, according to new data from Pew Research Center.

Fortune · Jul 24, 2025

Wikidata’s next leap: the open database powering tomorrow’s AI and Wikipedia

How a people-powered knowledge graph is reshaping enterprise IT, civic tech, and the future of trustworthy AI.

TechRadar · Jul 23, 2025

Prove You’re The Reigning Champion Of Pointless Knowledge With This 25-Question Useless Fact Quiz

Think you know weird trivia? You’re about to find out because this quiz is packed with 25 of the strangest, funniest and most fascinating facts we could dig up.From cube-shaped wombat poop to laws about public flatulence and the president who allegedly kept an alligator in his bathtub. If you’ve…

Bored Panda · Jul 22, 2025

The Mortician review – so queasy it will stay with you for ever

Even more staggering than The Jinx, this riveting documentary shows the truly atrocious lengths the manager of a California crematorium went to undercut his rivals. Absolutely not for the faint-hearted

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2025

“Do Not Cite The Deep Magic To Me”: 71 Times People Silenced Others With Their Superior Knowledge

Why do some people just can't resist but correct others?

Bored Panda · Jun 19, 2025

30 Hilarious Wikipedia Entries That Could Have Been Crafted By Comedians

Who said facts can't be served with a side of funny and a pinch of salt?

Bored Panda · Jun 18, 2025

Meta sacrifices a heap of money at the altar of AI

The magnitude of Meta’s investment in Scale may seem like command of the AI race, but the company’s playing catchup

The Guardian - US · Jun 17, 2025

AI slop ended up on Nvidia and CDC pages. All it took was some neglected URLs and a little SEO magic.

AI was used to turn legit pages into digital dumpster fires. Featuring fart games and fake news.

Laptop · Jun 15, 2025

Wikipedia pauses AI summary experiment after editors say it 'would do immediate and irreversible harm to our readers and to our reputation as a decently trustworthy and serious source'

The Wikipedia community appears less than pleased with AI integration efforts to date.

PC Gamer · Jun 13, 2025

Wikipedia editors revolt over "truly ghastly" plan for AI slop — they're winning (for now)

Editors weren’t exactly thrilled about the prospect of AI slop -- low-quality, AI-generated writing -- appearing at the top of entry pages.

Laptop · Jun 12, 2025