Wikipedia bans using AI for writing or rewriting articles on its English-language site, citing AI-written articles' tendency to violate "core content policies"
Wikipedia editors can only use AI for basic copy editing or translations. … Wikipedia will no longer allow editors to write or rewrite articles using AI.
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Wikipedia Bans AI-Written Articles on English-Language Site
The online encyclopedia now prohibits editors from using AI to write or rewrite articles, limiting it to basic tasks only.
Wikipedia just drew a hard line against AI. The English-language version of the encyclopedia now explicitly bans editors from using artificial intelligence to write or rewrite articles.
The reason? AI-generated content has a nasty habit of violating Wikipedia's core content policies. Think hallucinated facts, fabricated sources, and the kind of confident-sounding nonsense that poisons an encyclopedia.
Editors aren't completely cut off from AI tools, though. They can still use them for basic copy editing and translations — tasks where AI assists rather than authors.
It's a significant move from one of the internet's most important knowledge repositories. Wikipedia has long relied on human editors to maintain accuracy and neutrality. Letting AI loose on article creation apparently proved incompatible with those standards.
The ban applies specifically to the English-language site, the platform's largest edition.