How Google’s A.I. Search Is Imperiling the Open Web
When Google prepared to go public in 2004, Larry Page, a co-founder of the company, wrote a letter…
Wikipedia Is Battling for the Soul of the Internet
Wikipedia is in peril. In a world where trust in truth is crumbling, the grande dame of collective…
Zara Larsson Is at War With Wikipedia
Hopefully this image also passes muster, Ms. Larsson. Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images Painfully unflattering Wikipedia images are the…
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points
On Monday, Elon Musk’s xAI startup launched Grokipedia, which the billionaire is pitching as an AI-generated alternative to…
Wikipedia sees drop in traffic as AI and social platforms bypass links
Matthias Bastian Matthias is the co-founder and publisher of THE DECODER, exploring how AI is fundamentally changing the…
Wikipedia Contributors Are Worried About AI Scraping
Over at the official blog of the Wikipedia community, Marshall Miller untangled a recent mystery. “Around May 2025,…
The U.K. Online Safety Act could kill the internet as we know it.
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