As AI continues to enter the world of editorial and media, websites are struggling to establish ground rules for its use. This week, Wikipedia banned the use of AI-generated text by its editors — though it stopped short of banning AI from the site’s editorial processes altogether.
In A recent policy changeThe site now states that “Use of LLM to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited.” This new language updates and clarifies the previous language, vague language It states that LLM “should not be used to generate new Wikipedia articles from scratch.”
Wikipedia articles have AI became a controversial issue Among the site’s vast, volunteer-run community of editors. 404 media report that The new policy, which was put to a vote by the site’s editors, received majority support – 40 to 2.
That said, the new policy still leaves room for the continued use of AI in some editorial processes.
The new policy states, “Editors are allowed to use LLMs to suggest basic copy edits to their own writing and incorporate some of them after human review, provided the LLMs do not introduce their own content.” “Caution is necessary, as LLMs may go beyond what you ask of them and change the meaning of the text in a way that is not supported by the cited sources.”
