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

"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 tells Axios.Why it matters: Wikipedia is a crucial source of information for AI models, but those same models increasingly allow people to get Wikipedia-derived information without ever visiting the site — potentially threatening the ecosystem that keeps the…

Wikimedia CEO calls out AI for unpaid data use as page views fall 8%

AI's use of Wikipedia content without compensation threatens the site's sustainability, impacting donations and volunteer contributions.