"The online crowdsourced encyclopedia revealed that it has signed up AI companies, including Amazon, Meta Platforms, Perplexity, Microsoft, and France's Mistral AI. Wikipedia is one of the last bastions of the early internet, but that original vision of a free online space has been clouded by the dominance of Big Tech platforms and the rise of generative AI chatbots trained on content scraped from the web."
"Aggressive data collection methods by AI developers, including from Wikipedia's vast repository of free knowledge, has raised questions about who ultimately pays for the artificial intelligence boom. The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that runs the site, signed Google as one of its first customers in 2022 and announced other agreements last year with smaller AI players like search engine Ecosia."
Wikipedia signed business deals with several artificial intelligence companies, including Amazon, Meta Platforms, Perplexity, Microsoft, and France's Mistral AI, as it marked its 25th anniversary. The site remains a prominent repository of free knowledge but faces challenges from Big Tech dominance and generative AI chatbots trained on scraped web content. Aggressive data collection by AI developers, including from Wikipedia, has raised questions about who ultimately pays for the AI boom. The Wikimedia Foundation previously signed Google in 2022 and smaller players like Ecosia. The new agreements will let AI companies access content at high volume and speed while providing revenue; financial terms were not disclosed. Jimmy Wales welcomed AI training.
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