Olly - August 18, 2026 20:43

Jimmy Wales discussed his new book, 'The Seven Rules of Trust', at the Edinburgh Book Festival on August 18, 2026, sharing stories from Wikipedia's early days and his views on AI's impact on the platform. Wales encouraged donations to keep Wikipedia alive.

I watched an event with Jimmy Wales at the Edinburgh Book Festival today. He was talking about his recent book, The Seven Rules of Trust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The Seven Rules of Trust . As well as being a living internet legend, he's a proper raconteur. It was great hearing the story of the early days of Wikipedia, as well as his thoughts on the effect of AI on the platform. I look forward to getting stuck into the book Wikipedia is a modern wonder of the world. If you're able, please donate a few quid https://donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:LandingPage&country=GB&uselang=en-gb&wmf medium=spontaneous&wmf source=fr-redir&wmf campaign=spontaneous to help keep it alive.