Wikipedia will no longer allow editors to write or rewrite articles using AI. The update, which was added to Wikipedia's guidelines late last week, cites the tendency for AI-written articles to violate "several of Wikipedia's core content policies" as the reason for the ban.

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Wikipedia bans AI-generated articles

Wikipedia is done with AI slop.

Period. ATRL next?

Can we now ban stans from updating female singers pages with gushing essays?

The second best website (after ATRL) for a reason

The change applies to the English version of Wikipedia and will still allow editors to use AI in certain scenarios. That includes using large language models to "suggest basic copyedits" to their writing, but only if it "does not introduce content of its own." Editors can also use AI to translate articles from another language's Wikipedia into English.

So, they still allow editors to use AI for writing and editing. The point is to not let an LLM write an entire article, which would often result in incorrect information. That seems reasonable.

How exactly do you enforce this? Is there some kind of AI detector program that I'm not aware of?

Is AI a new plastic surgery?