Marcus SchulerWikipedia's English editors voted 44-2 on March 20 to ban AI from generating or rewriting articles, closing loopholes in prior guidelines. Two exceptions remain: basic copyediting and translation, both under human review. The policy responds to phantom citations and concerns about autonomous AI bots operating continuously. Each Wikipedia language edition sets its own rules. #Wikipedia #AIGovernance #DigitalCommons
Wikipedia Bans AI-Written Articles in 44-2 Editor Vote
Wikipedia's English-language editors voted 44-2 to ban large language models from generating or rewriting articles, replacing weaker guidelines that only prohibited creating entries from scratch. Two narrow exceptions survived for basic copyediting and translation under human review. The policy targ