The Wikimedia Foundation outlined its new AI strategy on Wednesday, stressing that it’s decided to use AI as a tool to support editors, not replace them.
“Our investments will be focused on specific areas where generative AI excels, all in the service of creating unique opportunities that will boost Wikipedia’s volunteers,” Chris Albon, the Wikimedia Foundation’s director of machine learning, and Leila Zia, the foundation’s head of research, wrote in a blog post outlining the changes. (Also announced Wednesday, by the way: The Wikimedia Foundation is one of five finalists for a $100 million MacArthur grant.)
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