AI training: Wikipedia co-founder sends message to tech companies; says ‘pay us for training AI’

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is urging tech giants like Google and OpenAI to pay for using the encyclopedia’s content to train their large language models. He argues that the immense traffic from AI bots strains Wikipedia’s resources, which are funded by public donations, making it unsustainable to support for-profit companies.

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