Wikimedia begins rolling out updated editing features for new contributors, such as mentorship and suggestions for cross-linking articles and other first steps (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

Samuel Breslow / Slate:
A look at debates by Wikipedia editors over citing Fox News, deemed a “marginally reliable” source for politics and science and now cited in 16,000+ articles  —  Kevin Li recently faced a daunting task.  Wikipedia contributors had just spent nearly two months locked in a heated debate …

Jody Serrano / Gizmodo:
How Wikipedia’s editors worked after Queen Elizabeth II’s death, debating what pictures to use and what to call Charles, creating new articles, and more  —  RIP, Queen Elizabeth II.  There are a lot of things to do in the digital realm when a monarch dies, and one of the first places people go when a famous person dies is Wikipedia.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Descript, the AI-powered media editing app founded by Andrew Mason, raised a $50M Series C led by the OpenAI Startup Fund, bringing its total funding to $100M  —  Descript, the audio and video editing platform founded in 2017 by former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason, has raised $50 million …

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google adds new kids-focused features to Google TV, including parent-controlled watchlists and AI-powered suggestions  —  Google is bringing a set of new kids-focused features such as parent-controlled watchlists and AI-powered suggestions to Google TV, the latest in a series of efforts …

Masha Borak / Wired:
New research, which details pro-Kremlin edits made to the English Wikipedia page for the Russo-Ukrainian war, could be used to create models to detect disinfo  —  Custodians of the crowdsourced encyclopedia are charged with protecting it from state-sponsored manipulators.  A new study reveals how.

Adele Peters / Fast Company:
GiveDirectly and Google.org are using AI mapping and satellite imagery to find low-income hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico and Florida and send cash payments  —  Storms worsen inequality.  These $700 cash payments can help lessen the blow.  —  After a disaster like Hurricane Ian …