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☆ Using tech to shift votes is bothersome, says Jimmy Wales
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailUsing tech to shift votes is bothersome, says Jimmy WalesThe ability to influence people in waves to shift enough votes to make a difference is bothersome and we are going to see it more than ever before in this election cycle, said Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia.

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☆ A growing number of tech execs think AI is giving Big Tech 'inordinate' power
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"Right now, there are only a handful of companies with the resources needed to create these large-scale AI models and deploy them at scale. McCourt also thinks AI could give too much power to tech giants. The inventor of the web, Tim Berners Lee, has also raised concerns about the concentration of power among the tech giants. On AI, however, he feels that while the technology giants now are leading the way, there is space for disruption. These are AI models that are not owned by a single entity, such as Google or Microsoft, and instead can be developed and added to by anyone.

Persons: OpenAI's ChatGPT, Meredith Whittaker, Whittaker, Maven, Frank McCourt, McCourt, Tim Berners Lee, Jimmy Wales, that's Organizations: Tech, Microsoft, Google, CNBC, Department of Defense, Los Angeles Dodgers, team, Liberty, Wales Locations: U.S, China, Wales

☆ Wikipedia founder escalates feud with Elon Musk. He says the former Twitter is 'overrun by trolls and lunatics' — and people are fleeing.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementWikipedia founder Jimmy Wales just threw the latest punch in his ongoing feud with X owner Elon Musk. Wales said that X — formerly known as Twitter — has become, in his view, overrun with "trolls and lunatics. "It's probably a terrible business model, but that's the history of my career," he said with a laugh. "If you have the same business model as everyone else, you're driven by the same pressures. If you have a different business model you can say, 'OK, now, why would people pay for this?'"

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☆ X, formerly Twitter, being 'overrun by trolls and lunatics' after Musk takeover, Wikipedia founder says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

watch nowLISBON — Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales slammed X, formerly known as Twitter, after its takeover by Elon Musk, saying the social media service is losing users and has been "overrun by trolls and lunatics." "I think a lot of people are fleeing Twitter, a lot of thoughtful and serious people are fleeing Twitter," Wales told CNBC at the Web Summit tech conference in Lisbon. "Twitter was, and now I guess X sort of is, in a way, the default public square for the world. Wales' comments come after Musk offered Wikipedia $1 billion if it changes its name to "Dickipedia." The spat between the two goes back to last year when Musk alleged Wikipedia has "a non-trivial left-wing bias."

Persons: Jimmy Wales, Elon Musk, Twitter, it's, Musk, he's, Elon Organizations: Elon, Twitter, Wales, CNBC, Summit, Research Locations: LISBON, Wales, Lisbon

☆ Wikipedia cofounder slams Elon Musk for caving to Turkey's government and censoring tweets, says Wikipedia fought similar demands and won
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Twitter announced it would "restrict access to some content in Turkey" right before the country's presidential election. Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales criticized Twitter CEO Elon Musk's decision to restrict content. Twitter's Global Government Affairs account had tweeted about the changes ahead of Turkey's presidential election held on Sunday. Turkey's highest court determined that blocking the website was unconstitutional, and access to Wikipedia was restored in January 2020, The New York Times reported. Before Musk, Twitter agreed to around 50% of government requests.

☆ 'Free speech opportunist' Elon Musk caved to government pressure to censor tweets ahead of the Turkish election. Critics argue SpaceX dealings with the country's right-wing leader may have caused the
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Elon Musk's reputation as a free speech absolutist took another hit on Saturday after Twitter sided with the Turkish government and censored the accounts of political opponents ahead of a contentious election. Targeted Turkish dissidentsThe details of the legal request and which specific accounts were targeted were not made public. Yakut had previously shared information about Erdogan's governmental dealings and alleged the Turkish leader had been involved in the disappearance of his son-in-law, Turkish Minute reported last week. "I'm sure this is just a coincidence," users on Twitter posted, some sarcastically, circulating news of Musk's business dealings with Turkey. Musk and representatives for Twitter, SpaceX, and the Republic of Turkey did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

☆ Elon Musk said he's 'open' to buying publishing platform Substack after a Twitter user said it would give him control of the 'narrative layer' of the internet
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk said he's "open to the idea" of buying publishing platform Substack, on Friday morning. He agreed with a user saying that Substack would give him "control" over the "narrative layer" of the internet. Musk has also speculated about possibly buying Wikipedia this week, but was told the site was not for sale. The user said: "You would have the information layer with Twitter and the narrative layer. Earlier in the week, Musk also suggested he could try to buy Wikipedia, but was told it was not for sale by founder Jimmy Wales.

☆ Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales told Elon Musk it is 'not for sale' after the Twitter owner accused the encyclopaedia of having a left-wing bias
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Wikipedia's founder Jimmy Wales warned Elon Musk that the company is "not for sale." Wales' was responding to a tweet asking Elon Musk how much he thought Wikipedia was worth. Wales was responding to a tweet by a journalist asking Elon Musk: "I wonder how much Wikipedia would cost?" Musk had blasted the company a few days earlier for apparently considering the deletion of a page about the so-called "Twitter Files" saying it has a "left-wing bias." In an interview with i24NEWS in November, Wales said Musk's "diagnosis of what's wrong with Twitter is completely wrong."

„Succesul ei a fost unul imediat. Pentru viitor, Jimmy Wales speră că Wikipedia va avea succes și în țările în curs de dezvoltare. Rămâne însă o anumită problemă de diversitate în domeniul surselor și a tematicilor abordate, existând și anumite „unghiuri moarte” legate de subiecte asociate unor țări în curs de dezvoltare. Cauza acestui fenomen constă în profilul contributorilor: cei mai mulți dintre ei sunt originari din Statele Unite și țările occidentale. „Wikipedia este totuși cel mai mare bun comun digital pe care ni l-a oferit internetul”, a adăugat el.

Persons: americanul Jimmy Wales, Jimmy Wales, Lionel Barbe Organizations: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Wikimedia France, Universitatea Oxford, Universitatea Locations: ., Universitatea Paris - Nanterre, Statele Unite

☆ A fost lansată aplicația prin care copiii pot interacționa online cu Moș Crăciun (VIDEO)
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-09 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Din păcate, copiii nu-l vor mai întâlni pe Moş Crăciun pe stradă, în pieţe publice sau în centrele comerciale. Fondatorul Wikipedia, britanicul Jimmy Wales, a lansat aplicația ”Santa HQ”, prin care copiii pot interacționa online cu Moș Crăciun, scrie The Guardian, citat de libertatea.ro. Ideea i-a venit în timpul verii, când și-a dat seama că pandemia se va prelungii, iar întâlnirile copiilor cu Moș Crăciun sunt în pericol. ”A fost un an greu și vrem să le facem copiilor un Crăciun frumos”, spune el. Am auzit ceva zvonuri de anularea Crăciunului, dar este tocmai invers”, le-a transmis copiilor unul dintre cei cinci moși pregătiți, într-un videoclip difuzat de Deutsche Welle.

Persons: Crăciun, Britanicii, Jimmy Wales, Moș Crăciun Organizations: Deutsche Locations: Deutsche Welle

☆ Fandom is trying to build the Bleacher Report of entertainment
▼ + stars: | 2018-03-03 | by ( Mike Shields | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Now seen as a largely successful deal — Bleacher Report frequently tops category giant ESPN when it comes to social media interactions — at the time there were plenty of skeptics. Jacobs sees an opportunity to re-run the same Bleacher Report playbook in the entertainment category. And it's also hired a slew of professional writers and video producers from companies such as Variety, YouTube and yes, Bleacher Report. "In a way, we'd already done the heaviest lifting a media company has to do, which is to build scale," said CEO Craig Palmer. "For the first six to eight years, we just scaled and scaled and scaled and scaled thanks to our users.

Persons: –, Jon Miller, Walker Jacobs, Mike Freeman, Howard Beck, Jacobs, Jimmy Wales, Craig Palmer, it's, comScore, who's, Harry Potter, we'd, Walker, What's, Palmer Organizations: News Corp, AOL, Turner, ESPN, New York Times, Wikia, Variety, YouTube, TPG, Marvel, Star Wars, Netflix, nab, Gillette

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