Wikipedia won’t let AI edit articles, cofounder says

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Wikipedia’s co-founder, Jimmy Wales, emphasized the platform’s reluctance to trust artificial intelligence enough to allow it to directly edit its articles.
The AI “hallucinations,” where fabricated information is confidently presented, remain a significant problem despite advancements in newer models.
AI agents might assist Wikipedia’s community of editors by alerting them to niche news not widely covered.
Despite the increasing traffic from AI bots, human traffic has dropped by eight percent, which Wales describes as “meaningful” but not catastrophic.
Wikipedia’s business model does not directly depend on traffic as it primarily relies on user donations.
Wales urged AI companies to “pay their fair share” due to the substantial costs servers incur from handling millions of requests from AI platforms.
Wikipedia has had success in negotiating with several tech companies, and is beginning to block those that aren’t complying with their policies.

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