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New York Times
5 days ago
- New York Times
Not All Weekender Bags Are Created Equal. These Are Our Travel Editors' Favorites.
At their very best, travel bags are like loyal companions: They hold what you need, endure all kinds of rough treatment, and make the chaos that is traveling feel a bit more organized. And when it comes to weekend travel, finding the right bag — not too big and not too small, with just the right amount of organization — can feel like a treasure hunt. But we've done the digging, testing, and packing so you don't have to. The right bag can truly make your trip smoother, whether it's a rolling carry-on that never catches on sidewalk cracks, a backpack that doesn't dig its way into your shoulders after hours of traveling, or a duffel that fits all your needs for a long weekend away. At Wirecutter, we've spent years testing travel bags of all shapes and sizes — overpacking them, underpacking them, shoving them into smaller spaces, and dragging them across airports and cities. These bags have survived it all and even earned a permanent spot in some of our editor's lives. Below, we've rounded up the weekend bags we trust most to get you — and your belongings — where you need to go. Bon voyage.
Gizmodo
12-06-2025
- Gizmodo
Wikipedia Tries to Calm Fury Over New AI-Generated Summaries Proposal
The denizens of the open web don't want anything to do with AI. The Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind Wikipedia, made the unfortunate decision to announce the trial of a new AI-fueled article generator this week. The backlash from the site's editors was so swift and so vengeful that the organization quickly walked back its idea, announcing a temporary 'pause' of the new feature. A spokesperson on behalf of the Foundation—which is largely separate from the decentralized community of editors that populate the site with articles—explained last week that, in an effort to make wikis 'more accessible to readers globally through different projects around content discovery,' the organization planned to trial 'machine-generated, but editor moderated, simple summaries for readers.' Like many other organizations that have been plagued by new automated features, Wikipedia's rank and file were quick to anger over the experimental new tool. The responses, which are posted to the open web, are truly something to behold. 'What the hell? No, absolutely not,' said one editor. 'Not in any form or shape. Not on any device. Not on any version. I don't even know where to begin with everything that is wrong with this mindless PR hype stunt.' 'This will destroy whatever reputation for accuracy we currently have,' another editor said. 'People aren't going to read past the AI fluff to see what we really meant.' Yet another editor was even more vehement: 'Keep AI out of Wikipedia. That is all. WMF staffers looking to pad their resumes with AI-related projects need to be looking for new employers.' 'A truly ghastly idea,' said another. 'Since all WMF proposals steamroller on despite what the actual community says, I hope I will at least see the survey and that—unlike some WMF surveys—it includes one or more options to answer 'NO'.' 'Are y'all (by that, I mean WMF) trying to kill Wikipedia? Because this is a good step in that way,' another editor said. 'We're trying to keep AI out of Wikipedia, not have the powers that be force it on us and tell us we like it.' The forum is littered with countless other negative responses from editors who expressed a categorical rejection of the tool. Not long afterward, the organization paused the feature, 404 Media reported. 'The Wikimedia Foundation has been exploring ways to make Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects more accessible to readers globally,' a Wikimedia Foundation spokesperson told 404 Media. 'This two-week, opt-in experiment was focused on making complex Wikipedia articles more accessible to people with different reading levels. For the purposes of this experiment, the summaries were generated by an open-weight Aya model by Cohere. It was meant to gauge interest in a feature like this, and to help us think about the right kind of community moderation systems to ensure humans remain central to deciding what information is shown on Wikipedia.'
The Verge
11-06-2025
- The Verge
Posted Jun 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM EDT
Wikipedia halts experiment with AI-generated article summaries. Following a slew of complaints from editors, a Wikimedia Foundation spokesperson confirmed to 404 Media that it's pausing the two-week test, which began on June 2nd. The experiment put AI-generated summaries at the top of articles for users who opted in. One editor responded to the idea by saying, 'Just because Google has rolled out its AI summaries doesn't mean we need to one-up them.'
TechCrunch
11-06-2025
- TechCrunch
Wikipedia pauses AI-generated summaries pilot after editors protest
In Brief Wikipedia has reportedly paused an experiment that used AI to summarize articles on its platform after editors pushed back. Wikipedia announced earlier this month it was going to run the experiment for users who have the Wikipedia browser extension installed and chose to opt in, according to 404 Media. AI-generated summaries showed up at the top of every Wikipedia article with a yellow 'unverified' label. Users had to click to expand and read them. Editors almost immediately criticized the pilot, raising concerns that it could damage Wikipedia's credibility. Often, the problem with AI-generated summaries is that they contain mistakes, the result of AI 'hallucinations.' News publications running similar experiments, like Bloomberg, have been forced to issue corrections and, in some cases, scale back their tests. While Wikimedia has paused its experiment, the platform has indicated it's still interested in AI-generated summaries for use cases like expanding accessibility.
RNZ News
11-06-2025
- General
- RNZ News
Fieldays live: Christopher Luxon faces questions as rural wellbeing fund announced
Listen to Morning Report live from Fieldays and follow our blog, as more than 100,000 people are expected through the gates The annual farming event which kicks off on Wednesday at Mystery Creek. It is the Southern Hemisphere's largest agricultural event , and this year it has a record number of exhibitors. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
