Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia written by volunteers, is embracing artificial intelligence to mark its 25th anniversary.
Well, there it is, enshitification inbound.
Wikipedia inks AI deals with Microsoft, Meta and Perplexity as it marks 25th birthday
Submitted 3 days ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
https://apnews.com/article/wikipedia-internet-jimmy-wales-50e796d70152d79a2e0708846f84f6d7
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T00l_shed@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
There’s no enshittification. This is just WMF (not even the community) allowing AI to train on Wikipedia’s data. And FYI, most Wikipedias strongly discourage the use of LLMs or all AI in general.
T00l_shed@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The enshitification will ensue. And having Microsoft training on people’s work to profit off of it is fucking horrible too.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
It’s just WMF selling the work of free volunteers to the worst grifters on the planet for a quick buck.
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
I wonder how many full copies of wiki have been downloaded and are just waiting to be deployed on a new host so collectively we can all just dump the AI from microslop
fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 2 days ago
mine is from last year
T00l_shed@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I will be downloading it for sure
MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Why they would do it when this hurts their own business is beyond me.
Welp, I guess I won’t be donating next year.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Why they would do it when this hurts their own business is beyond me.
$$$. Duh. The wikipedia dude has always been a “libertarian” (aka capitalist shill).
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
People doing free labor for this “libertarian” somehow surprised when dude sells their work to the worst grifters imaginable.
HubertManne@piefed.social 2 days ago
just to be clear to folks. This is about wikipedia getting compensation for all sorts of ai providers grabbing data from it.