Wikipedia bans articles generated by artificial intelligence | Edge

Wikipedia will no longer allow editors to write or rewrite articles using artificial intelligence. Update added Wikipedia guidelines late last weekcites the tendency of AI-written articles to violate “several of Wikipedia’s core content policies” as a reason for the ban.

The change applies to the English version of Wikipedia and will still allow editors to use AI in certain scenarios. This involves using large linguistic models to “suggest fundamental modifications” to their writing, but only if “they do not provide content of their own.” Editors can also use artificial intelligence to translate articles from Wikipedia in another language into English. However, they still have to follow the site’s rules On LLM-assisted translations, Which requires that editors have sufficient knowledge of the original language to ensure the accuracy of the translation.

The new policy warns that some people “may have writing styles similar to LLMs,” and editors will need to find more than just “stylistic or linguistic markers” to justify potential limitations on their editorial abilities. “It is best to consider the text’s compliance with basic content policies and recent edits made by the relevant editor,” the guidelines state.

Wikipedia editors have been dealing with AI-generated articles for months, which has exacerbated this problem Society to implement a new policy To allow “quick deletion” of poorly written articles. The editors also formed WikiProject AI Cleanup, an initiative aimed at combating content written by artificial intelligence Help others recognize it.

This recent change in Wikipedia’s guidelines was Suggested by Chaos Enppiwhich sparked A Long discussion between editors. The proposal was eventually approved with “overwhelming support,” concluding that the policy “targets blatantly problematic issues regarding the use of the MBA, while still giving room for what are viewed as decent uses of it.”