Group 1 - Wikimedia announced new partnerships with several AI companies, including Amazon, Meta, and Perplexity, as part of its 25th anniversary, allowing these companies to pay for Wikipedia data to develop AI models instead of web scraping [1] - The partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity were formalized over the last year but had not been publicly disclosed until now [1][2] - Existing partners of Wikimedia Enterprise include Ecosia, Pleias, ProRata, and Google, which was one of the first partners in 2022 [2] Group 2 - Wikipedia's knowledge is essential for generative AI applications, including chatbots, search engines, and voice assistants, highlighting the importance of projects like Wikipedia for the future of AI and tech companies [3] - The rise of AI has raised concerns regarding data rights and the legal implications of using human-generated content from platforms like Wikipedia and Reddit [3] Group 3 - Elon Musk launched 'Grokipedia', an AI-powered competitor to Wikipedia, which is promoted as being less biased and "anti-woke," with all entries generated by the AI model [4]

Grokipedia vs Wikipedia https://t.co/pKgty5K2i6 ...

“Grokipedia will exceed Wikipedia by several orders of magnitude in breadth, depth and accuracy”Elon Muskhttps://t.co/mkeBgflQgx ...

AI & Information Retrieval - Grokipedia is attracting traffic from Wikipedia due to its perceived utility [1] - Claude (an AI assistant) is now citing Grokipedia as a source of information [1] - Grokipedia operates on open-source data with real-time updates and bias cleanup mechanisms [1] Data & Technology - Grokipedia is pulling the crowd toward the real truth [1] - The shift indicates traffic follows utility [1]

RT John Stossel (@JohnStossel).@elonmusk calls Wikipedia, WOKE-ipedia.Is Wikipedia really that bad? Yes.Musk has created an alternative.“With Grokipedia, we finally have another choice” says @ashleyrindsberg.He explains why that’s important: https://t.co/xAvps9q5ek ...

Grokipedia vs Wikipedia https://t.co/Oi0k16fxlZ ...

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]

Grokepedia vs Wikipedia https://t.co/urzGcK0FDm ...

Grokipedia has replaced Wikipedia for me!Anyone else? https://t.co/0YjDmx9u3w ...

The best guide to spotting AI writing comes from Wikipedia https://t.co/CXnk0WthFo ...