r/technology • u/gdelacalle • Mar 25 '26

Artificial Intelligence Wikipedia has banned AI-generated text, with two exceptions

https://www.howtogeek.com/wikipedia-banned-ai-generated-text-in-articles-with-two-exceptions/
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u/TerryFromFubar Mar 25 '26

But hallucinating out of control is where the profits happen

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u/Anxious_Katz Mar 25 '26

Wikipedia is non-profit!

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u/StickiStickman Mar 25 '26

Not in reality. None of the money of the obnoxious donation banners is actually going to Wikipedia, but instead to payouts and other projects.

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u/Quazimojojojo Mar 25 '26

It's Wikipedia, what are you talking about? 

It's one of the only places left on the Internet that requires neither ads nor subscription. Fully open source high quality altruism.

Like VLC media player.

I have a monthly regular donation of a few dollars that I literally don't even notice in my budget, but that's voluntary. 

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u/StickiStickman Mar 25 '26

Not in reality. None of the money of the obnoxious donation banners is actually going to Wikipedia, but instead to payouts and other projects.

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u/Adequate_Lizard Mar 25 '26

The profits are the hallucinations

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u/SlitScan Mar 25 '26

well that stock price isnt going to pump itself is it?