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Archive.today CAPTCHA page executes DDoS; Wikipedia considers banning site
DDoS hit blog that tried to uncover Archive.today founder’s identity in 2023. Credit: Getty Images | Riccardo Milani Wikipedia editors […]
Wikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI tells. Now there’s a plugin to avoid them.
To work around those rules, the Humanizer skill tells Claude to replace inflated language with plain facts and offers this […]
Wikipedia signs AI training deals with Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon
The cost of “free” knowledge The push for paid licensing follows years of rising infrastructure costs as AI companies scraped […]
Dedicated volunteer exposes “single largest self-promotion operation in Wikipedia’s history”
After a reduction in activity, things ramped up again in 2021, as IP addresses from around the world started creating […]
Wikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worries it will have to verify user IDs
Wikipedia’s parent organization lost a challenge to the UK Online Safety Act but can bring another case if the government […]
“Yuck”: Wikipedia pauses AI summaries after editor revolt
Generative AI is permeating the Internet, with chatbots and AI summaries popping up faster than we can keep track. Even […]
AI bots strain Wikimedia as bandwidth surges 50%
Crawlers that evade detection Making the situation more difficult, many AI-focused crawlers do not play by established rules. Some ignore […]
The Editors weaves Wikipedia’s volunteers into a global suspense tale
This book lacks a Wikipedia page, but it’s a good candidate Fiction gives a Wikipedia expert room to explore a […]