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Longtime Wikipedia beat reporter (Slate, NYT, WIRED). Author of THE EDITORS, a Wiki-inspired novel. stephenharrison.com
I agree there are historical precedents and mentioned them in the interview. What’s surprising here is that many Grokipedia articles are wholesale borrowings from Wikipedia, which is perhaps not what they were expecting…maybe even the opposite of what they wanted.
October 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
called it
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Seems likely that Grokipedia will suffer from Grok’s, um, issues…

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
October 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I included this line: “A few questioned whether the Wikimedia Foundation was taking threats seriously enough when they were raised by the site’s volunteer administrators and functionaries.”

SFR needed ArbCom’s permission to make that statement and, as you may know, that took a few days.
October 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Not a miss so much as a timing issue. I filed my story with Slate before SFR posted that statement. I’ve emailed Slate about adding an update to the story.

But thanks to you (and many, many others) for flagging.
October 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
More must be done to help wiki editors facing threats & harassment for their volunteer work. To build a culture that supports free knowledge.

As @craignewmark.bsky.social told the conference: “Wikipedia is where facts go to live. Not perfect, but it’s better than anything humanity has ever done."
October 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
What was the title previously?
October 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“We owe the cultural achievements of humanity—which include philosophy—to deep, contemplative attention. Culture presumes an environment in which deep attention is possible… A purely hectic rush produces nothing new.“ —2/2, from The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han
October 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM