The Rundown AI: Wikipedia bans AI from writing its articles

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The Rundown: Wikipedia’s volunteer editors banned the use of AI to write articles on the foundation’s English-language site, a move the policy’s author called a “pushback against enshittification and forceful push of AI by so many companies”.

The details:Prior attempts at broad AI rules failed to reach consensus, but mounting AI-generated errors pushed editors to a near-unanimous 40-2 vote.The ban covers writing or rewriting articles with LLMs, with editors still allowed to use AI for grammar fixes and translations with human review.The policy’s author said the change could “spark a broader change” and “empower communities on other platforms” to set AI rules on their own terms.

StackOverflow and German Wikipedia have enacted similar bans, with Spanish Wikipedia going further to fully ban the use of AI, even for editing purposes.

Why it matters: AI text reportedly surpassed human output for the first time in 2025, and Wikipedia is trying to hold the human line, all while Elon pushes Grokipedia (an AI-created version of Wikipedia) in the exact opposite direction. The internet’s most-used knowledge base bet against the current, but how long that holds is anyone’s guess.

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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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