For better and worse, Wikipedia is one of the places most of us go to when we want definitive information on a topic. But a recent scandal is highlighting one of the major pitfalls of the platform: ...

This June, former president of the American Library Association, Michael Gorman hit out at academics who endorsed the use of Wikipedia to their students, saying in the Encyclopaedia Britannica blog ...

Welcome to Source Notes, a Future Tense column about the internet’s information ecosystem. Wikipedia has 323 language editions, and at times, there are huge differences between them. For instance, ...

At first glance, the Scots Wikipedia page reads like a transcription of a person with a Scottish accent: “Walcome tae Wikipaedia, the free enclopaedia that awbody can eedit,” it says. The main page’s ...

Can the online encyclopedia help teach A.I. chatbots to get their facts right — without destroying itself in the process? Credit...Illustration by Erik Carter Supported by By Jon Gertner In early 2021 ...

Wikipedia has often faced criticism for accuracy, but now the attacks are becoming political. One reporter says that's putting Wikipedia at risk.

Wikipedia turns 15 on Friday. A key element in its creators’ vision of a user-generated online encyclopedia was to make it a repository of information serving audiences in multiple languages. The ...

Errol Barnett is the anchor of the "CBS Morning News," streaming on CBS News 24/7, and CBS News national correspondent. He holds a distinct perspective on global events through a reporting career ...

Wikipedia use remains strong, but researchers warn that AI data scraping poses challenges for the online encyclopedia’s ...