The Digital Press

Wikipedia is committed to keeping human volunteers at the core of its knowledge creation, using AI only to assist and enhance their work rather than replace them. The Wikimedia Foundation’s new AI strategy focuses on supporting editors by automating tedious tasks, improving information discovery, aiding multilingualism, and scaling volunteer onboarding.

Why it matters: Wikipedia prioritizes volunteer-driven content creation, resisting full AI replacement to maintain knowledge reliability and human judgment.

The big picture: AI will be used as a tool to assist editors, not generate content, upholding values like transparency, privacy, and human agency.

The stakes: Poor AI use, especially in automated translation or content generation, risks degrading Wikipedia’s quality and could create harmful feedback loops.

Commenters say: Most appreciate the human-centered approach and sensible AI applications but worry about automated translations and AI-generated inaccuracies lowering article quality.