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Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study links hostility on Wikipedia to lost productivity on the site. Wikipedia, the largest reference work ever created, is written and edited by tens of thousands of volunteers, known as Wikipedians. Despite the fact that anyone can edit any page, studies show that Wikipedia is generally a reliable source of information. Ivan…

A Paris-based startup called Capsule wants to transform the way users seek out their daily news. Instead of offering a standard news aggregator experience, Capsule’s mission is to become the “Spotify for news” by combining AI technology and human editorial curation to provide a news-reading experience that transforms news articles, newsletter snippets and even tweets (posts on X) and other social updates, into digestible information through its user-friendly app. The experience of using Capsule, meanwhile, feels much…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Last week, the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) published an editorial to define appropriate and inappropriate uses of artificial intelligence technology in the "preparation and review of manuscripts being considered for publication." The editorial states that AI technology: Can be used to…

Germany’s best-selling newspaper, Bild, is reportedly adopting artificial intelligence (AI) to replace certain editorial roles, in an effort to cut costs.Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksIn a leaked internal email sent to staff on June 19, the paper’s publisher, Axel Springer, said it would “unfortunately part with colleagues who have tasks that will be replaced by AI and/or processes in the digital world. The functions of editorial directors, page editors, proofreaders,…

Credit: Shutterstock Germany's best-selling newspaper, Bild, is reportedly adopting artificial intelligence (AI) to replace certain editorial roles, in an effort to cut costs. In a leaked internal email sent to staff on June 19, the paper's publisher, Axel Springer, said it would "unfortunately part with colleagues who have tasks…

The Indian literary journal nether, which appeared in print, made a splash by promoting the work of young writers. It suspended publication for a number of years before recently reappearing as an online magazine that’s published every quarter. The editors talk about what’s in store. The current issue of the nether Quarterly (https://netherquarterly.com/) In its previous form, nether was a rarity in India – an English language literary magazine in print. At the time, there were few lit mags around so nether was…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W_CzIctmqcAt Google's annual developer conference, Google I/O, the tech-giant unveiled its latest software and products releases. However, for the first time in the conference's history, AI dominated Google's flagship event of the year. To analyze the announcements, Contributing Editor Dan Patterson discussed them with ZDNET's Editor in Chief Jason Hiner and editors Kerry Wan for his expertise in hardware, and Sabrina Ortiz for her extensive AI coverage.Google's latest announcements and…

The two pillars of data science—statistics-backed analysis and code—come with a whole range of constraints. Structure your query the wrong way, and you might mess up an entire pipeline. Apply a formula incorrectly, and the results of your test might no longer reflect reality.Working within constraints doesn’t have to feel rigid or limiting, though—on the contrary. A nimble data professional often needs to lean into their creativity while still working within a predefined set of parameters. This holds true in our…

When it comes to mastering complex topics in data science or machine learning, two things are generally true: there are no real shortcuts, and people’s learning rhythm can vary dramatically. Even with these constraints in place, though, there are ways to make the process more efficient and to achieve the goals we’ve set for ourselves within a reasonable timeframe.The articles we highlight this week offer pragmatic approaches that data scientists can apply throughout their learning journey, regardless of their experience…

How data helps us make sense of citiesPhoto by Lennart Jönsson on UnsplashIt’s sometimes hard not to think of cities as clusters of problems we need to solve: housing, food security, and environmental impact come to mind. Earlier this year we highlighted numerous ways in which data professionals are currently tackling these types of challenges by leveraging innovative approaches to climate and geospatial data.Cities are much more than the sum of their pain points, of course: they reflect social values (the good, the bad,…