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This is the best summary I could come up with:
TOKYO -- Wikipedia has become an essential online tool but as misinformation spreads rampantly on the internet, its founder Jimmy Wales tells Nikkei about the challenges the 23-year-old nonprofit encyclopedia faces in building a platform for the distribution of accurate information.
The advent of generative artificial intelligence further muddies the water, allowing bad actors to create highly convincing videos and audio recordings to perpetuate falsehoods.
Wales tells Nikkei about the strategies that Wikipedia employs to verify facts and enhance the credibility of its site.
Q: What challenges have you experienced in fighting against false statements, pursuing and ensuring accuracy, with Wikipedia allowing people to edit freely?
You can imagine scanning all of Wikipedia on a regular basis and looking for entries that are popular, but also have errors or bias to call to attention.
Now imagine an AI that can go to your mother ... can read all of her past social media posts, LinkedIn, find all information about, and then based on those, to craft a political message now.
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