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Wikipedia editors strike over AI data licensing concerns

A call for an editing strike on Wikipedia is being made, not only to support unionization efforts but also to protest the Wikimedia Enterprise program. This program is criticized for enabling large technology companies to exploit the Wikipedia corpus for AI and LLM development, allegedly violating the platform's distribution licenses. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns about data licensing and AI training data usage, potentially impacting future AI development.

RANK_REASON The item is a social media post expressing an opinion and call to action regarding a potential strike and a specific program.

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Wikipedia editors strike over AI data licensing concerns

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ stuartml @ fermiboson @ wikipedia @ wwu @ tamzin The editing strike should happen, not just for unionization, but for a cancellation of the Wikimedia Enterpri

    @ stuartml @ fermiboson @ wikipedia @ wwu @ tamzin The editing strike should happen, not just for unionization, but for a cancellation of the Wikimedia Enterprise program that serves to assist big tech in pirating the Wikipedia corpus for # ai # llm slop (in violation of the lice…