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"We're not asking for charity": Wikimedia CEO calls out AI for unpaid data use

First reported 2 Oct, 09:00 UTCUpdated 22h ago2 sources

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Wikipedia is starting to feel the effects of the AI-driven shift in how people find information, with page views falling 8% in the latest year, new Wikimedia Foundation CEO Bernadette Meehan told Axios. Why it matters: Wikipedia is a crucial source of information for AI models, but those same models increasingly allow…

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"We're not asking for charity": Wikimedia CEO calls out AI for unpaid data use

Wikipedia is starting to feel the effects of the AI-driven shift in how people find information, with page views falling 8% in the latest year, new Wikimedia Foundation CEO Bernadette Meehan told Axios. Why it matters: Wikipedia is a crucial source of information for AI models, but those same models increasingly allow…

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Leftist Wikipedia Bemoans Traffic Lost to Chatbots, Labels Itself 'Backbone' of AI

Web traffic to left-wing Wikipedia have dropped as AI replaces the organization's page visits, according to Wikimedia Foundation chief Bernadette Meehan. The CEO called the woke encyclopedia "the backbone" of AI systems.

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    "We're not asking for charity": Wikimedia CEO calls out AI for unpaid data use (opens Axios in a new tab)

    Wikipedia is starting to feel the effects of the AI-driven shift in how people find information, with page views falling 8% in the latest year, new Wikimedia Foundation CEO Bernadette Meehan told Axios. Why it matters: Wikipedia is a crucial source of information for AI models, but those same models increasingly allow…

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    Leftist Wikipedia Bemoans Traffic Lost to Chatbots, Labels Itself 'Backbone' of AI (opens Breitbart in a new tab)

    Web traffic to left-wing Wikipedia have dropped as AI replaces the organization's page visits, according to Wikimedia Foundation chief Bernadette Meehan. The CEO called the woke encyclopedia "the backbone" of AI systems.

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