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Wikipedia Blocks Direct AI Edits, Calls Out Hallucinations

6/23/2026

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Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales announced the site will not let AI edit articles directly and warned AI “hallucinations” are “very, very bad.”
AI bots have raised Wikipedia visits while human traffic fell about eight percent, a shift Wales called not a disaster.
Wales urged AI firms to pay their fair share for millions of requests, said Wikipedia has agreements with tech firms and is beginning to block non-behaving companies.

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Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales announced the site will not let AI edit articles directly and warned AI “hallucinations” are “very, very bad.”
AI bots have raised Wikipedia visits while human traffic fell about eight percent, a shift Wales called not a disaster.
Wales urged AI firms to pay their fair share for millions of requests, said Wikipedia has agreements with tech firms and is beginning to block non-behaving companies.