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Wikipedia Urges AI Companies to Stop Website Scraping
Artificial Intelligence // November 10, 2025

The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind Wikipedia, issued a call to artificial intelligence (AI) developers and companies to stop scraping information from the Wikipedia site and instead use its paid, opt-in API platform, Wikimedia Enterprise, to “responsibly” access its content. A Monday (Nov. 10) blog...

Musk Unveils AI-Powered Wikipedia Challenger Grokipedia
Artificial Intelligence // October 28, 2025

Elon Musk has launched Grokipedia, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered version of Wikipedia. The online encyclopedia, which launched Monday (Oct. 27), is designed to “purge out” what Musk called “the propaganda” on Wikipedia, according to a post on his X social media site. It takes its...

AI Explained: Inside the World of Datasets
Artificial Intelligence // September 09, 2024

Artificial intelligence datasets form the bedrock of modern systems. As tech giants and researchers push the boundaries of machine capabilities, the data they use quietly shapes the future of technology — for better or worse. The more relevant, high-quality information an AI system processes, the...

Today in Crypto: FIS Partners With Fireblocks to Offer Crypto Investments; Binance CEO Praises France...
Cryptocurrency // April 13, 2022

FIS, the processing and payments company, is partnering with crypto custody firm Fireblocks to offer FIS clients crypto investments, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. This will help cut down on concerns associated with security and regulations from institutional investors who are trying to get into crypto. Over...

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Amazon, Meta and Microsoft Join Wikimedia’s Commercial Platform for AI Training

January 15, 2026
Wikipedia gained support from five more companies that use its content to train their artificial intelligence platforms. Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI and Perplexity formalized their relationships with the platform through Wikimedia Enterprise, the Wikimedia Foundation’s commercial product for large-scale reusers and distributors of content from the foundation’s projects, Wikimedia Enterprise said in a Thursday […]

Wikipedia Urges AI Companies to Stop Website Scraping

November 10, 2025
The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind Wikipedia, issued a call to artificial intelligence (AI) developers and companies to stop scraping information from the Wikipedia site and instead use its paid,...

Musk Unveils AI-Powered Wikipedia Challenger Grokipedia

October 28, 2025
Elon Musk has launched Grokipedia, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered version of Wikipedia. The online encyclopedia, which launched Monday (Oct. 27), is designed to “purge out” what Musk called “the propaganda”...

Today in Crypto: FIS Partners With Fireblocks to Offer Crypto Investments; Binance CEO Praises France...

April 13, 2022
FIS, the processing and payments company, is partnering with crypto custody firm Fireblocks to offer FIS clients crypto investments, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. This will help cut down on concerns associated...