Wikipedia bans using AI for writing or rewriting articles on its English-language site, citing AI-written articles' tendency to violate “core content policies”

The Verge 2026-03-27 Emma Roth

@ketanjoshi.co Ketan Joshi on bluesky
Yeah, sure, the height and speed of the tsunami of bullshit have both grown by an order of magnitude. Not great!!! — But that means we should double down on aggressively, effortfully attacking anything that worsens that further. That means **OPPOSING** a software system that …
@jasonkoebler Jason Koebler on bluesky
Wikipedia does what is essentially a full ban on AI content: www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...
@josephcox Joseph Cox on bluesky
New: Wikipedia has officially banned AI-generated content. After months of heated debate and previous attempts to restrict the use of LLMs, volunteer editors accepted a new policy that prohibits using them to create articles for the online encyclopedia — www.404media.co/wikipe…
@emanuelmaiberg Emanuel Maiberg on bluesky
after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...
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