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Wikipedia may be the go-to resource on almost everything these days, but according to Meta, it's filled with dodgy, inaccurate citations.

But don't worry, the company says its AI is here to help, having developed Sphere, a model capable of automatically scanning hundreds of thousands of citations at once to check whether they truly support the corresponding claims.

Meta claims it created a new dataset of 134 million public web pages as a knowledge source for the model, which says is "an order of magnitude larger and significantly more intricate than ever used for this sort of research".

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Sphere uses open web data rather than traditional, proprietary search engines such as Google, and has already compiled 134 million documents from across the web.

Built using CCNet, a variant of Common Crawl, Meta says Sphere will help other AI researchers working on knowledge retrieval projects.

Meta says the eventual goal of the project is to build a platform to help Wikipedia editors systematically spot citation issues and quickly fix the citation or correct the content of the corresponding article at scale. 

The tool reportedly calls attention to questionable citations, allowing human editors to evaluate the cases most likely to be flawed without having to sift through thousands of properly cited statements. 

If a citation seems irrelevant, Meta says its model will suggest a more applicable source, even pointing to the specific passage that supports the claim.

The news comes as Wikipedia is looking towards new ways of raising revenue other than donations.

The Wikimedia Enterprise platform recently announced it would start to charge companies such as Google, Amazon, and Facebook which use Wikipedia as a resource.

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You can grab the source code for the project on GitHub here, and interested parties can also read a full write-up of the project's findings here or access the demo here.

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For a while now we've been hearing rumors about the Apple Watch 8 Rugged Edition, a new top-tier spin-off of the upcoming Apple Watch 8 which is supposedly built for outdoor and endurance activities (hence the name). 

Now, a reliable leaker has provided some juicy details about the upcoming smartwatch which has us excited.

This leaker is Mark Gurman, a name likely well-known by tech fans for his track record on Apple product leaks, who has, in his weekly Power On newsletter, shared lots of information about Apple's newest Watch shake-up.

Apparently, this Garmin-rivalling wearable will tout some intruiging features, primarily hiking and swimming ones which should appeal to those who like to go long-distance walks or brave the wild waters.

The design is also said to be a big selling point with a shatter-resistant screen and a premium metal shell (likely titanium, according to Gurman), plus the battery life is said to have a boost too - presumably over the Watch 7, although that's not clear.

Intruigingly, Gurman thinks that the Apple Watch 8 Rugged Edition (or Watch Extreme, Max, Explorer or Pro - there are many names being circulated by leakers and Gurman cites them all) will only come in a cell-enabled version, eschewing the more affordable Bluetooth-only connection version that standard Apple Watches come in.

Gurman also mentions something that he, and other leakers, have mentioned myriad times now: this Rugged wearable will also come alongside a standard Watch 8 and the Apple Watch SE 2, though they certainly sound like less interesting models.

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Analysis: a well-needed Apple Watch shake-up

Even compared to other Apple products, the Watch series is one that takes to heart the idea of 'iterative updates'. Each new member of the family just brings a few tweaks and changes to the previous one, and we rarely see massive overhauls.

That sounds like it'll be different this year, as the Apple Watch 8 Rugged Edition could be the biggest shake-up we've seen to the family since the first device launched in 2015.

If the tone of this article wasn't clear enough already, that's certainly a good thing: cheap smartwatches have rapidly caught up to Apple's ones, offering similar features  (both in terms of fitness and smartphone connectivity) at a fraction of the price. The new Extreme model could give Apple an edge up over the competition, and make Apple Watches interesting again to the non Apple fan.

One issue could be Gurman's price guess, which is $900-$999. That's a lot for a smartwatch - more than most people would opt to pay.

So we'll need to wait until the likely-September launch of the Apple Watch 8 Rugged Edition to see how good it is, but if the feature leaks are right (but the price isn't), this could be destined for a high spot in our list of the best Apple Watches.

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