Russia has launched its own version of Wikipedia, called Ruwiki, which is notably more sympathetic to Putin
A composite image showing a headshot of President Vladimir Putin on June 24, 2023, and the Ruwiki logo. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via Reuters / Ruwiki / Insider A Kremlin-compliant version of Wikipedia, Ruwiki, has launched in Russia. Its founder, a former longtime editor at Russian…#vladimirputin #ruwiki #kremlin #wikipedia #russianwikipedia #russian #ukrainewar #prigozhin #vladimirmedeyko #telegraph (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
House GOP spars with FBI chief on Hunter Biden, Jan. 6 and more
House Republicans teed off on FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday as the party’s long-simmering angst over the law enforcement agency spilled into public view. After months of vowing to go toe-to-toe with the Trump-appointed FBI director, Republicans were ready to give Wray an earful on…#republicans #fbi #christopherwray #trump #democrats #kenbuck #wikipedia #gaetzandwray #mattgaetz #whatsapp (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Generative AI tools are quickly'running out of text' to train themselves on, UC Berkeley professor warns
OpenAI's ChatGPT is among many chatbots trained on large language models that may be "running out of text" to train on, said Stuart Russell, a computer science professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images A Berkeley professor said AI developers are…#openai #stuartrussell #beatazawrzelnurphoto #berkeley #epoch #wikipedia #elonmusk #insiderrussell #sarahsilverman #monaawad (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How to learn something new every day
Getty Images Teaching an old dog new tricks. Many people consider learning to be an active endeavor, one that takes place in a classroom with a teacher and homework and tests. This intentional form of education is just one way to acquire knowledge. In fact, we absorb new information every day,…#gettyimagesteaching #poojaagarwal #hadleybergstrom #vassarcollege #rachelwu #learning #wikipedia #youtuber #agarwal #allysonmackey (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Who Is Funding'Drag Story Hours' At California Public Libraries?
Who Is Funding 'Drag Story Hours' At California Public Libraries? Authored by Orlean Koehle via The Epoch Times, ...continued from Groups Protest at Drag Story Hours in California Part II On the evening of July 5, about 30 concerned parents and grandparents showed up at the Sonoma County…#orleankoehle #epochtimes #groupsprotest #dragstoryhours #sonomacounty #rohnertparklibrary #lgbt #petaluma #santarosa #wikipedia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Wikipedia ’s Witch Hunt
“Have you now, or have you ever been a member of the Crypto Community?” Wikipedia is deleting the biographical pages of people who have had any association with the Crypto Community. This assertion isn’t a wild fantasy. I have experienced this myself, and I have documented proof of my claim.…#cryptocommunity #wikipedia #avalonhill (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Reddit Battle Spotlights Existential Question
It’s that point of the early summer when many in tech and business take a well-deserved break. Aside from the nonstop machinations of Elon Musk—whose only purpose in life, apart from transforming cars and rockets, seems to be keeping journalists employed—the most interesting tech news story of…#reddit #albertwenger #twitter #wikipedia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Does'And Just Like That ...' season 2 reckon with the sins of season 1?
When it first premiered in 2021, "And Just Like That …," the widely-anticipated reboot of "Sex and The City," fell flat on its face. Sure, viewers still tuned in, but what they watched was, by most if not all accounts, a frustratingly poor attempt at righting the cultural wrongs of the original…#sexandcity #chediaz #mirandahobbes #wikipedia #exandcity #dailybeast #kevinfallon #che #seemapatel #southasian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chatbots are social media on steroids – trapping us in an even more tangled web | John Naughton
Big tech now has even more to answer for. But salvation could come from an unlikely sourceIn The Beginning Was The Internet, which was first switched on in January 1983 and designed from the outset as a platform for what became known as “permissionless innovation”. If you had a good idea that could be implemented using the network – and were smart enough to write the software to make it work – then the internet would do it for you, no questions asked.In the early 1990s, the physicist Tim Berners-Lee used it as the foundation on which to build a new platform for permissionless innovation called the “world wide web...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 1, 2023 Category: Science Authors: John Naughton Tags: Technology Science Internet Wikipedia Artificial intelligence (AI) Computing Tim Berners-Lee Social networking Source Type: news
ChatGPT maker OpenAI faces class action over how it used people ’s data
SAN FRANCISCO — A California-based law firm is launching a class-action lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging the artificial-intelligence company that created popular chatbot ChatGPT massively violated the copyrights and privacy of countless people when it used data scraped from the internet to train…#openai #techfriend #wikipedia #clarkson #katherinegardner #gundersondettmer #github #stabilityai #georgia #google (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Korea Rivals the U.S. in New Scripted Shows ’ Global Internet Popularity
TOLEDO, Spain — In 2022, 32 U.S. titles ranked in a top 100 of most globally popular new scripted TV shows released in 2022. 30 South Korean series made the same Top 100, according to a study by London and L.A.-based consultancy Ampere Analysis presented Tuesday at Spain’s Conecta Fiction.…#toledo #spain #southkorean #ampereanalysis #conectafiction #alicethorpe #korean #ya #wikipedia #thorpe (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What should I ask Vishny Anand?
I will be doing a Conversation with him — so what should I ask? Here is Wikipedia if you need it. The post What should I ask Vishny Anand? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related Stories What game theory predicts Game theory and the First World War#vishnyanand #firstworldwar (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Taibbi: Why Julian Assange Must Be Freed
Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News, At Parliament Hill in London Saturday, there was a demonstration on behalf of jailed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Present was the famed rendering of Assange, Chelsea Manning, and Edward Snowden made by sculptor…#matttaibbi #racketnews #parliamenthill #julianassange #assange #chelseamanning #edwardsnowden #davidedomino #wikileaks #skinnyjeans (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
GOP lawmakers target Wikimedia, Graphika, and others in a legal campaign, accusing them of colluding with the government to suppress conservative speech online
A legal campaign against universities and think tanks seeks to undermine the fight against false claims about elections, vaccines and other hot political topics. On Capitol Hill and in the courts, Republican lawmakers and activists are mounting a sweeping legal campaign against universities, think…#capitolhill #donaldjtrump #jameeljaffer #columbiauniversitys #stephenmiller #stanford #clemson #newyorkuniversities #atlanticcouncil #germanmarshallfund (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tiny $5,000 Japanese pick-up trucks are winning fans in America
Tiny Japanese trucks that cost as little as $5,000 are winning over some Americans. • Kei trucks are about 11 feet long and can hit speeds of up to 65 mph. • According to Japan Car Direct, they've become popular with buyers such as farmers. It's not just tiny homes taking America by storm – now…#japancardirect #secondworldwar #suzukicarry #mitsubishiminicab #hondaacty #wikipedia #mattmatusiak #toyotas #nissan #cardirect (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
