US EditionWikipedia owner signs on Microsoft, Meta in AI content training deals
Wikimedia Enterprise's licensing deals with AI firms aim to offset rising server costs from heavy Wikipedia content usage, with partners including Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon.
- On January 15th, Wikipedia marked its 25th anniversary as the Wikimedia Foundation launched a campaign, time capsule and a video docuseries featuring volunteer editors, affirming AI will support volunteers without replacing human knowledge.
- Wikipedians have long used automation for tasks like vandalism detection, while Larry Sanger released Nine Theses in 2025 calling for governance reforms and Grokipedia launched last year.
- Nearly 15 billion monthly views underline Wikipedia's scale, with over 65 million articles in 300 languages and over 7.1 million English entries maintained by nearly 250,000 volunteers.
- Larry Sanger emphasised neutrality's role and said `I don't talk to him`, while Wales abruptly ended an interview after being asked `Founder or co-founder?`, highlighting tensions.
- Experts warn that AI model hallucinations and sourcing issues threaten information quality as generative AI, search engines and voice assistants reuse Wikipedia content, while Dr Heather Ford highlights gaps favoring fictional over real regional places.
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Wikipedia signs AI deal with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Perplexity on 25th anniversary: Here's what this means
Online crowdsourced encyclopedia Wikipedia, on its 25th anniversary, announced it has signed artificial intelligence deals with companies including Amazon, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity.
Wikipedia concluded agreements with leading AI companies to enable them to extract information from their servers more quickly and securely
Wikipedia celebrated its 25th anniversary with a special dedication to people who support the online encyclopedia. The platform launched a miniseries of videos dedicated to some of its leading publishers and organized a virtual party open to the public.On January 15, 2001, the first four pages of Wikipedia were published. These corresponded to its home page, Wikipedia, philosophy and the United States. Four days later, the project reached 100 pa…
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