Meet the man behind a third of what's on Wikipedia
Steven Pruitt has made nearly 3 million edits on Wikipedia and written 35,000 original articles. It's earned him not only accolades but almost legendary status on the internet. The online encyclopedia now boasts more than 5.7 million articles in English and millions more translated into other…#stevenpruitt #wikipedia #amantiodinicolao #peterfrancisco #virginiasenate #trump #jkrowling #kimkardashianwest #sovietunion #kuikinyanjui (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Australian prime minister says government stands firm against US prosecution of Julian Assange
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday that his government is standing firm against the U.S. and its prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over the journalist's publication of classified U.S. military documents more than a decade ago. Since winning the elections last…#australian #anthonyalbanese #wikileaks #julianassange #laborparty #assange #belmarshprison #ecuadorianembassy #sweden #antonyblinken (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Australia's prime minister stands firm against the US on WikiLeaks founder's prosecution
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday his government stands firm against the United States over the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, an Australian citizen fighting extradition from Britain on U.S. espionage charges. Albanese’s center-left Labor Party government…#australian #anthonyalbanese #wikileaks #julianassange #albanese #laborparty #antonyblinken #assange #australians #blinken (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Uber CEO says you'll eventually be able to pay with cryptocurrency
Uber CEO says you'll eventually be able to pay with cryptocurrency It will need to become more environmentally friendly first, though. Uber users will eventually be able to pay for rides using cryptocurrency, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told Bloomberg. However, the company is essentially taking the same…#darakhosrowshahi #tesla #isuber #att #wikipedia #dogecoin #cyberquadforkids #elonmusk (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AI By the People, For the People
In the shade of a coconut palm, Chandrika tilts her smartphone screen to avoid the sun’s glare. It is early morning in Alahalli village in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, but the heat and humidity are rising fast. As Chandrika scrolls, she clicks on several audio clips in succession,…#alahallivillage #karnataka #southindians #kannada #wikipedia #hindi #indians #kenya #philippines #jonasvalente (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
WikiLeaks, after Mastercard, Visa and other major payment processors illegally blocked payments, turned to Bitcoin and made 50,000% returns. People still …
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Source: Reuters: Health - July 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
This beetle ’s sex is on fire. Literally
Vox/Udo Schmidt/Wikipedia/Getty Images Tinder for these insects is actual tinder. For Melanophila beetles, forest fires aren’t just hot. They’re hot. As flames start ripping through forests, as they often do in the late summer, most animals flee or take refuge for obvious reasons: They don’t want…#memorialstadium #jamesagee #newyorkcity #philadelphia #wildland #lynnkimsey #riverfire #marieedingerfox (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Declining Chatbot Performance: Data Challenges Threaten the Future of Generative AI
Modern chatbots are constantly learning, and their behavior always changes. But their performance can decline as well as improve. Recent studies undermine the assumption that learning always means improving. This has implications for the future of ChatGPT and its peers. To ensure chatbots remain…#largelanguagemodels #wikipedia #tay #llm #meta #llmllama2 #google #bard #apple #beincrypto (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Connect, learn, and thrive: Students and early career professionals set for an inspirational experience at #CochraneLondon
Cochrane UK is hosting Cochrane ’s Colloquium at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre (QEII) in London, UK from 4-6 September 2023. With the theme “Forward together for trusted evidence”, the 2023 Cochrane Colloquium is set to be a groundbreaking event with a mix of learning, networking, plenary speakers; a unique and memorable experience at one of London ' s most renowned venues.At Cochrane, nurturing aspiring minds and supporting professionals embarking on their career journey is part of the work we do. Our commitment is evident through initiatives like theCochrane Early Career Professionals Network,Cochrane US Mentors...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - July 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Perspective
“Google successfully helps people with the billions of searches they do each day, but we are always working to make it better,” said Danny Sullivan, Google’s public liaison for search. “We’ve continued to apply technologies like AI to enable new ways for people to search and make sense of what’s…#google #dannysullivan #edzitron #ezpr #willlinker #baltimore #reddit #annierauwerda #depthsofwikipedia #wikipedia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A study on user-oriented subjects of child abuse on Wikipedia: temporal analysis of Wikipedia history versions and traffic data - Wang Y, Zhang J.
BACKGROUND: Many people turn to online open encyclopedias such as Wikipedia to seek knowledge about child abuse. However, the information available on this website is often disorganized and incomplete. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to analyze... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The shady world of Brave selling copyrighted data for AI training
I'm fairly certain that I was not the only person in the world who thought to himself, "Did they just yoink the entire Internet and bundle it together into a glorified copy and paste machine?" upon the release of ChatGPT. And even though there are some concerns about the type of data that was used…#openai #google #api #bravesearchapii #wikipedia #dataforaiapi #llm #brave #webdiscoveryproject #reddit (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The AI is eating itself
“robot face on a dinner plate, digital art” / DALL-E Today let’s look at some early notes on the effect of generative artificial intelligence on the broader web, and think through what it means for platforms. At The Verge, James Vincent surveys the landscape and finds a dizzying number of changes…#jamesvincent #google #amazon #tiktok #linkedin #wikipedia #nt #openai #samaltman #importai (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Happens When You Ask a Chinese Chatbot About Taiwan?
“How does the United States affect the situation in Taiwan?” Ernie ducked the question about China’s “zero Covid” restrictions, offering a lengthy description of the policy instead. When asked to recount the events of June 4, 1989, the chatbot rebooted itself. A message popped up on the reloaded…#taiwan #ernie #vladimirvputin #ukraine #russian #chatgpt #tiananmensquare #wikipedia #baidu #jeanjacquesrousseau (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
