Wikipedia turns to generative AI to support its volunteer community

What just happened? Companies building AI-focused ventures have heavily mined Wikipedia's content, placing significant strain on its servers in the process. Now, the Wikimedia Foundation is looking to reclaim some of that value by introducing a new set of assistive AI services. Despite these changes, the organization insists that the encyclopedia's core mission will remain unchanged. Wikipedia says it has found a way to embrace generative AI without compromising its core mission. The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization behind Wikipedia and other widely used wiki-based services, will use generative AI to build tools that assist the editors and volunteers who contribute their time and effort to the platform. These AI-powered features will aim to reduce technical barriers for contributors, freeing up human editors from the more tedious aspects of content curation. Wikimedia plans to deploy AI in areas where the technology can be most effective. The foundation is investing ... Read full article.