Wiki Founder: AI bots scraping Wikipedia are costing us a lot of money

Financial Impact - AI bots scraping Wikipedia are costing the organization a lot of money, impacting donor funds [1][2] Potential Solutions - Considering blocking AI crawler bots to enforce fair usage and encourage payment for access [2] - Exploring the use of Cloudflare or similar solutions to manage AI bot traffic [2] - The organization is in discussions with potential enterprise product customers, including Google [2] Legal Considerations - Suing or taking legal action against entities scraping Wikipedia data has been discussed but not yet pursued [1]