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AI Is Tearing Wikipedia Apart
Claire Woodcock, Vice, 2023/05/08

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Volunteers who maintain the digital encyclopedia are divided on how to deal with the rise of AI-generated content and misinformation. QUOTE: While open access is a cornerstone of Wikipedia’s design principles, some worry the unrestricted scraping of internet data allows AI companies like OpenAI to exploit the open web to create closed commercial datasets for their models.

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Coursera's Responsible AI Principles - Coursera Blog
Coursera Blog, 2023/05/08

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Coursera has released a very minimal set of principles for AI responsibility. It's a pretty standard list, exceptional only for its brevity.

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Can Artificial Intelligence Expand Our Capacity for Human Learning?
Mary Grush, Campus Technology, 2023/05/08

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Decent interview with Gardner Campbell considering issues and concerns surrounding AI in learning technology. The usual warnings are offered: "I see extraordinary dangers ahead as scaling up the availability and use of generative AI also scales up most or perhaps all of the most misguided approaches to the digital age that higher education has pursued for decades."

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