[Wikimedia-l] Program submissions closed - Wikimania 2023

My Fellow Wikimedians, Thanks you very much for your kind interest in submitting program proposals. Program submissions officially closed at 29 March 2023 at 13:59 UTC. We received 594 program submissions and we will remove the spam submissions accordingly. Program subcommittee *may* announce soo

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Bing-ChatGPT

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 1:04 PM Felipe Schenone wrote: > > FYI, there's an open letter requesting a 6-month pause on AI development, [ > https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/ ] with > reasonable arguments (in my opinion) and signed by several big names too. First, I w

[Wikimedia-l] Re: 23 March: Invitation to Open Community Call on ChatGPT, generative AI, and Wikimedia

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 1:50 PM Jan Ainali wrote: > > I think it is important to, as early as possible, deter all these attempts to > weaken the concept of "open" and that we as a movement need to take a hard > stance against them. > These proprietary licenses do not fit the spirit of sharing al

[Wikimedia-l] Re: 23 March: Invitation to Open Community Call on ChatGPT, generative AI, and Wikimedia

Hi Alek, nice to see you here! On the contrary, I think it is important to, as early as possible, deter all these attempts to weaken the concept of "open" and that we as a movement need to take a hard stance against them. These proprietary licenses do not fit the spirit of sharing all knowledge an

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Bing-ChatGPT

FYI, there's an open letter requesting a 6-month pause on AI development , with reasonable arguments (in my opinion) and signed by several big names too. The basic rationale, as I understand it, is that similar to human cloning, huma

[Wikimedia-l] Report on Voter Comments from UCoC Enforcement Guidelines Ratification

Hello all, The Universal Code of Conduct project team has completed the analysis of the comments accompanying the ratification vote on the Revised Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines. All respondents had the opportunity to provide comments regarding the contents of the Revised Enforc

[Wikimedia-l] Re: 23 March: Invitation to Open Community Call on ChatGPT, generative AI, and Wikimedia

Hi, (I’m Alek from Open Future Foundation, I largely lurk here, so I want to say “Hi everyone!” first). Jan, you’re right that the RAIL license does not meet any FOSS definitions. But its authors, in their white paper, position this license not just as “responsible” but also “open”. And projec

[Wikimedia-l] [WikiForHumanRights 2023] Communicating Community Events for the Campaign

Hi Everyone, As we are gearing up with the WikiForHumanRights activities in different communities and regions, we want to ensure that we join forces to raise awareness and create visibility for the community efforts you are leading in the campaign. *If you are organizing local activities for the