Wikipedia wants AI to stop mooching (and maybe pay up a little)

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00:00Wikipedia wants AI to stop mooching and maybe pay up a little.

00:04Wikipedia has a message for the robots.

00:07If you're going to gorge on our knowledge buffet, at least leave a tip.

00:11In a Monday blog post, the Wikimedia Foundation outlined its plan to stay relevant and solvent in the AI era.

00:17The pitch is simple. Use Wikipedia's content, give credit, and pay through Wikimedia Enterprise.

00:22Wikimedia Enterprise isn't new, but it's suddenly looking like a crucial lifeline.

00:26The idea? OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic can access Wikipedia's data directly without overloading its servers.

00:35In return, the fees support Wikipedia's mission to keep human-curated knowledge free.

00:39Emphasis on human.

00:41This reminder comes after a spike in fake user traffic, AI bots masquerading as real people.

00:47After improving bot detection, Wikipedia found human visits dropped 8% year-over-year as bots surged.

00:53Now, the Foundation wants AI, developers to credit the volunteer editors who organize the world's knowledge.

01:00For people to trust information online, Wikimedia said, it should be clear where it comes from.

01:05If your chatbot knows who invented Velcro, thank a Wikipedia editor who wrote it for free.

01:10Meanwhile, Wikipedia isn't anti-AI, it's just anti-freeloader.

01:14The Foundation is testing AI tools to ease editors' work, automating tasks like translation and formatting under human control.

01:22Wikipedia doesn't want to fight the robots.

01:25It just wants them to chip in for the Wi-Fi.

01:27It's in an action.

01:27I'll see you next time.

01:29Just skip chatbot.

01:30I'll see you next time.

01:33Bye-bye.

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