US EditionWikipedia owner signs on Microsoft, Meta in AI content training deals
Wikimedia Enterprise signed deals with Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and others to license Wikipedia content for AI training, supporting the nonprofit’s sustainability amid rising AI use.
- 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
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Wikipedia Turns 25 Years Old
Today marks Wikipedia’s 25th anniversary first launched on January 15, 2001, the collaborative online encyclopedia continues to stand as one of the internet’s most influential repositories of knowledge. Launched in 2001 with a simple first edit announcing its name, the platform has evolved into a vast, multilingual resource that attracts hundreds of millions of visitors […] The post Wikipedia Turns 25 Years Old appeared first on Cord Cutters New…
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