I had the great fortune of chatting with Jimmy Wales before Christmas about the early days and evolution of Wikipedia, his recent book on trust, and how AI might help (or hinder) the spread of truth.
Check it out in Nature today https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00083-0
PS, I remember when my Nature colleague Jim Giles first did an investigation of the veracity of Wikipedia, pitting it against Britannica with expert human reviewers (https://www.nature.com/articles/438900a). That was a big deal at the time, and earned Jim his own page in Wikipedia (yes, I'm jealous). That study is referenced in Wales' book, and is still one of the foundational proofs that the concept (of getting random people to pen and edit encyclopedia articles) is sound!
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