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This week, we discuss Wikipedia's ethos and zooming in on a lot of pictures of cops' glasses.

This week, we discuss Wikipediax27;s ethos and zooming in on a lot of pictures of copsx27; glasses.#BehindTheBlog


Behind the Blog: Speculation, Distraction, and Smart Glasses


This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss Wikipedia's ethos and zooming in on a lot of pictures of cops' glasses.

EMANUEL: I’m going to keep it very short this week because I’m crunching on a feature, but I wanted to quickly discuss Wikipedia.

This week I wrote a story about a pretty in-the-weeds policy change Wikipedia’s community of volunteer editors adopted which will allow them to more quickly and easily delete articles that are obviously AI generated. One thought I’ve had in mind that didn’t make it into the last few stories I’ve written about Wikipedia, and one that several people shared on social media in response to this one, is that it’s funny how many of us remember teachers in school telling us that Wikipedia was not a good source of information.

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This week, we discuss an exciting revamp of The Abstract, tech betrayals, and the "it's for cops" defense.

This week, we discuss an exciting revamp of The Abstract, tech betrayals, and the "itx27;s for cops" defense.#BehindTheBlog



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This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss AIx27;s boom or bust, trying Githubx27;s Copilot, and making time for good ideas.#BehindTheBlog



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This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we talk about going viral, what wex27;re watching lately, and a trip to Best Buy.#BehindTheBlog