{"title": "Celebrating 25 years of Wikipedia", "start": "2026-11-16T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Royal Society", "address": "6-9 Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y 5AG London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai", "society"], "description": "A free afternoon event at the Royal Society marking Wikipedia's 25th birthday. Professor Dame Wendy Hall and Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales bring together leaders from technology, policy, research, media and the open knowledge community. Talks explore how AI is changing how knowledge is created, accessed and reused, how to protect the digital commons, and what responsible reuse should mean. 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