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Wikipedia Won't Let AI Edit Articles, Cofounder Says
Jimmy Wales said AI hallucinations remain too unreliable for direct edits, even as bot visits rise 8% and human traffic falls.
- Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia co-founder, said Monday the online encyclopedia does not trust artificial intelligence enough to allow it to edit articles directly, citing ongoing concerns about inaccurate information generated by AI systems.
- Although newer AI models show improvement, Wales described the problem of 'hallucinations'—where fabricated output is confidently presented—as remaining 'very, very bad' during a climate action week event in London.
- Human traffic to Wikipedia dropped 8 per cent as visitors from AI bots grew, though Wales, who sits on the Wikimedia Foundation board, described the shift as 'meaningful' but 'not a disaster' for the encyclopedia.
- Wikipedia has been 'very successful' in signing agreements with tech giants, Wales said, encouraging AI companies to 'pay their fair share' because 'hammering us with millions of requests costs real money.'
- Despite editing restrictions, AI agents could still prove useful in alerting Wikipedia's community of millions of editors to certain niche news that would otherwise be missed, Wales added.
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Wikipedia won’t let AI edit articles, cofounder says
LONDON: Wikipedia does not trust artificial intelligence enough to let it play a direct role in editing articles on its platform, cofounder Jimmy Wales told AFP on Monday. The problem of AI “hallucinations” — in which fabricated output is confidently presented — has been reduced with newer AI models but remains “very, very bad,” Wales said on the sidelines of a climate action
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Online Encyclopedia Wikipedia opposes the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the process of editing the articles presented on its platform, announces its coordinator Jimmy Wales, stressing that it does not have enough confidence in this technology, reports AFP.
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