Wikipedia — long praised as one of the last “good corners” of the internet — is starting to feel the effects of major shifts in how people find information. According to a new post by Marshall Miller from the Wikimedia Foundation, human page views have dropped by 8% compared to last year. The decline became […]
In an effort to reduce server strain caused by automated AI scraping, Wikipedia is proactively offering a new dataset tailored for artificial intelligence development. The Wikimedia Foundation has partnered with Kaggle — the data science platform owned by Google — to release a beta version of structured Wikipedia content in both English and French. Designed […]
Isaac Gemal, a New York-based app developer, has launched WikiTok, a unique site that allows users to swipe through an endless stream of random Wikipedia article snippets. Inspired by the vertical scrolling format of TikTok, WikiTok offers a refreshing way to discover new information—without the addictive grip of algorithm-driven social media. The concept is simple: […]