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Editors almost immediately criticized the pilot, raising concerns that it could damage Wikipedia's credibility.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Functionally wikipedia is perfect as it is. It doesn't need to be molested by AI shit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Exactly, it already does what people need it for.

On the other hand, it's understandable that they'd act upon AI in some form since people are asking ChatGPT now instead of going to Wikipedia and finding the correct information they need for themselves.