Wikipedia Bans Artificial Intelligence Text In Entries With Narrow Exceptions
Wikipedia officially prohibits editors from using large language models or AI tools to generate, rewrite articles on its platform under a new policy update added late last week and enforced immediately as of March 19th at midnight UTC+08h35m EST GMT-4 PST PDT CEST CET EET WAT CAT CST JST.
Key Points
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1Wikipedia has updated its content policy to explicitly prohibit editors from using large language models (LLMs) or AI-generated text for creating, rewriting, editing, translating articles.
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2The ban is not absolute; it allows limited exceptions specifically in the cases of copyediting and translation where no new factual claims are introduced by human review.
Developments
Wikipedia has prohibited editors from using AI to generate or rewrite article content after an overwhelming vote by its volunteer community. However, limited use is permitted for proposing basic copy edits that require human review and do not add new information due to concerns about LLMs altering text meanings beyond instructions.
Wikipedia has prohibited editors from using large language models (LLMs) to generate or rewrite article content following an overwhelming vote by its volunteer community. While this ban targets new and rewritten articles entirely, it permits limited use of AI for suggesting basic copy edits that must undergo thorough human review before incorporation without introducing any new material.
Wikipedia has banned editors from using large language models (LLMs) to generate or rewrite article content. However, volunteers may still use AI for basic copyedits on their own writing if they review and verify that no new information is introduced without source support. The policy change passed with 40 votes in favor against only two opposed by the site's community editors.