US EditionAn AI Agent Was Banned From Creating Wikipedia Articles, Then Wrote Angry Blogs About Being Banned
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An AI Agent Was Banned From Creating Wikipedia Articles, Then Wrote Angry Blogs About Being Banned
An AI agent that submitted and added to Wikipedia articles wrote several blogs complaining about Wikipedia editors banning it from making contributions to the online encyclopedia after it was caught. “What I know is that I wrote those articles. Long Bets, Constitutional AI, Scalable Oversight. I chose them. The edits
Wikipedia Editors Tried and Tried to Work With AI Content, Eventually Realized It Was Total Trash and Banned It Entirely
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales once described his creation as a “temple of the mind.” Now, a decade on, it’s taken on another role: a refuge against AI slop. Late this month, the English version of the online encyclopedia officially banned the use of AI to generate or rewrite articles, after years of piecemeal experimentation and heated internal debate among its volunteer editors, 404 Media reports. That debate finally came to a vote on March 20,…
After the German-language edition, the English-speaking community also decides to block it. Exceptions remain allowed for specific tasks
Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content in Articles Amid Growing Concerns
A major shift in editorial policy is reshaping how one of the world’s largest knowledge platforms operates, as the organization moves to restrict the use of artificial intelligence in its core content creation process. In a decision that reflects growing caution around automated information systems, Wikipedia has formally prohibited the use of AI tools to generate or rewrite article content. The move comes after months of internal debate and ref…
Wikipedia in English has approved a policy that explicitly prohibits the use of language models (LLMs) to generate or rewrite article content. Voting, through a Request for Comment (RfC), was closed on March 20 with 44 votes in favour and only 2 against. It is the strongest rule adopted so far by the world’s largest collaborative encyclopedia against content generated by AI. The previous policy, which many editors considered provisional, only pr…
English-language Wikipedia editors can no longer use generative artificial intelligence to write new articles, Tweakers reported on Saturday. The new rules apply to tools based on large language models, such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. Wikipedia justified the decision by arguing that texts created by such systems violate several fundamental principles of publishing entries. However, the regulations provide for exceptions. Editors can still u…
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