Wikipedia fired their lead dev of 20+ years and disbanded the team serving volunteer editors. Most were union organizers. The Foundation has $296M in reserves and fresh AI money from Microsoft, Meta & Amazon.
It's not just Wikipedia. Same pattern, different victims.

https://blog.ppb1701.com/the-ai-gold-rush-is-eating-its-own

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The AI Gold Rush Is Eating Its Own - ByteHaven - Where I ramble about bytes

Part of the ongoing Big Tech's War on Users series. Let's start with Wikipedia, because the irony is almost too perfect to pass up. In mid-May, the Wikimedia...