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Accessibility and Gen AI PodcastDenny Vrandečić - Head of Special Projects at Wikimedia FoundationOUTLINE:
00:00 Opening Teaser
00:46 Introduction
01:34 What's The Relationship Between Wikimedia and Wikipedia?
02:02 Denny's Professional Background & Current Role
05:32 What is The Semantic Web?
07:58 Original Proposal For The Web vs The Semantic Web
14:12 When Denny Locked Sir Tim Berners-Lee, The Inventor of The Web, In His Car
15:09 What Is A Knowledge Graph?
19:57 About The New Project, Abstract Wikipedia
30:06 Using Functions vs LLMs for Language Translations
40:19 Using AI For Accessibility
44:14 World Models vs. Large Language Models
51:25 How To Support Wikipedia & Contact Denny
54:13 Wrap Up
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2026-03-0255 min
Knowledge Graph InsightsDenny Vrandečić: Connecting the World’s Knowledge with Abstract Wikipedia – Episode 32Denny Vrandečić
As the founder of Wikidata, Denny Vrandečić has thought a lot about how to better connect the world's knowledge.
His current project is Abstract Wikipedia, an initiative that aims to let anyone anywhere on the planet contribute to, and benefit from, the world's collective knowledge, in their native language.
It's an ambitious goal, but - inspired by the success of other contributor-driven Wikimedia Foundation projects - Denny is confident that community can make it happen
We talked about:
his work as Head of Special Projects at the Wikimedia Foundation and his current projects: Wikifunctions and Abstract Wiki...
2025-05-0732 min