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Morning Edition · Thursday, June 25, 2026
Small Wikipedia Edits Can Shift the Values Large Models Express
A small number of volunteers editing a high-weight training source can change how models discuss a topic, making data provenance a security surface.
A paper titled Small edits, large models asks whether a small group of volunteers can shape how AI systems discuss a topic, in this case animal welfare, simply by editing Wikipedia. The authors report that they can. Wikipedia appears in nea…
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