The Wikipedia puzzle globe is arguably one of the most recognisable logos on the internet, but it turns out the iconic design could've looked very different. In honour of its 25th birthday, the online encyclopedia is looking back through the archives, digging up an eclectic series of logos that didn't make the cut.
https://www.creativebloq.com/design/logos-icons/these-rejected-wikipedia-logos-are-a-00s-design-time-capsule
After teasing its development last year, Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley has now launched BeeBot: an AI-powered social app for iPhones that talks to you about what’s happening nearby. In his blog announcement, Crowley says BeeBot behaves like a “personalized radio DJ” that provides location-based audio updates through your headphones, telling you about what friends are up to, local news, and events occurring in the neighborhood as you walk around. “Audio updates are meant to be short and sweet (a few sentences here and there), tailored to your interests and your social graph, and designed to both inspire and inform you,” Crowley says in the announcement. “The vibe we’re going for is more ‘Waze meets Gossip Girl,’ and less ‘Wikipedia in your ears.’”
https://www.theverge.com/news/815328/beebot-app-foursquare-founder-ai-audio-updates
The concern is that machine-generated content has to be balanced with a lot of human review and would overwhelm lesser-known wikis with bad content. While AI generators are useful for writing believable, human-like text, they are also prone to including erroneous information, and even citing sources and academic papers which don’t exist. This often results in text summaries which seem accurate, but on closer inspection are revealed to be completely fabricated.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bdba/ai-is-tearing-wikipedia-apart