Wikipedia Halts AI-Generated Summary Pilot After Editor Backlash

Wikipedia halts AI-generated summary pilot after editor backlash

New Delhi: The Wikimedia Foundation has paused its trial of AI-generated summaries on Wikipedia following criticism from members of its editorial community. The initiative, titled ‘Simple Article Summaries,’ had been launched earlier this month on the mobile version of the platform, aiming to make complex content more accessible through short AI-generated text. The summaries were created using a model developed by Cohere and were placed at the t…

Wikipedia Pauses AI Summary Project Amid Editor Backlash

The Wikimedia Foundation has paused an experiment that added AI-generated summaries to the top of Wikipedia pages following strong opposition from its community of editors. Called “Simple Article Summaries,” the project aimed to create AI-generated summaries to help make Wikipedia content more accessible worldwide. The Wikimedia Web Team planned a two-week trial exposing 10% of mobile users to these summaries, which were intended to be moderated…

Engadget: Wikipedia cancels plan to test AI summaries after editors skewer the idea | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Engadget: Wikipedia cancels plan to test AI summaries after editors skewer the idea. “Wikipedia is backing off a plan to test AI article summaries. Earlier this month, the platform announced plans to trial the feature for about 10 percent of mobile web visitors. To say they weren’t well-received by editors would be an understatement. The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) then changed plans and cancelled the test.”The post Engadget: Wikipedia cancels pl…