Wikipedia signs AI training deals with Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon
4 months ago
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- Wikimedia Foundation announced licensing deals with Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI.
- Deals expand Wikimedia Enterprise program, charging tech companies for using Wikipedia content to train AI models.
- Most major AI developers now participate, including Google (since 2022) and smaller firms like Ecosia and Nomic.
- Revenue helps offset infrastructure costs for the nonprofit, which relies on public donations.
- Lane Becker emphasized the need for tech companies to financially support Wikipedia's work.