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

    • RandoMcRanderton@lemmy.world
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      This was exactly my thought. They pitched the donations as a way to prevent enshitification by external powers, and then they themselves start enshitification?

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        It’s also ridiculous because a lot of this is done by volunteers. It’s not like a company trying to cut costs by opting to use cheaper AI over more expensive human labor. This is adding cost to add AI.