Wikipedia explicitly rejects the trend of using AI-generated content, emphasizing the importance of human editors in maintaining the platform's integrity.

This balanced approach aims to leverage AI where beneficial while maintaining reliance on human expertise, contrasting with other tech platforms that rapidly shift towards AI-driven content production.

The Wikimedia Foundation has unveiled a new AI strategy designed to enhance the contributions of human volunteers on Wikipedia without replacing them.

In response to concerns about bias, Wikimedia has reiterated its commitment to neutrality and the integrity of its volunteer-driven model, ensuring that AI will not replace human judgment.

This strategy prioritizes content integrity over rapid content generation, recognizing that human editors can only manage a limited rate of new encyclopedic knowledge.

In light of external pressures, including a letter from US Attorney Ed Martin questioning Wikipedia's nonprofit status, the Foundation is focused on safeguarding against information manipulation.

Specific AI functions will automate repetitive tasks such as formatting articles, detecting errors, and suggesting improvements, allowing editors to concentrate on more complex tasks like fact verification.

The Foundation's strategy aims to enhance the power of human editors with AI support, rather than replacing them, ensuring that human judgment remains central to content creation.

The initiative seeks to improve information discoverability and reduce the workload for existing contributors, motivating them to continue their involvement.

To alleviate server strain caused by increased bandwidth usage from automated scraping and bots, Wikimedia Enterprise has released pre-parsed datasets on Google’s Kaggle platform.

This initiative comes as Wikipedia has long served as a key dataset for training large language models, establishing a significant relationship with AI.

The three-year strategy is a response to growing demands from AI data consumers and scrutiny from US authorities regarding Wikipedia's data usage.