Wikipedia’s Existential Threats Feel Greater Than Ever

As the free online encyclopedia turns 25, it’s facing political opposition, AI scraping, dwindling volunteers, and a public ...

Why Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon Are Now Paying Wikipedia

Wikimedia is selling enterprise access to Wikipedia to Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon, shifting AI firms from scraping to paid ...

Wikipedia intends to make some money from AI scraping its website

Wikipedia has already had a partnership with Google since 2022, and signed on Mistral AI and Perplexity over the past year.
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After Being Pillaged By AI Companies, Wikipedia Signs Deal to Get Paid By Them

Wikipedia has signed licensing deals with a host of major AI companies in a bid to recoup the costs of being pillaged by data ...

Wikipedia Turns 25, Sells Access To Amazon, Meta, Microsoft And Other AI Giants

Wikipedia turned 25 years old today. Now, its audience is increasingly all the massive big tech AI answer engines around the ...

Wikipedia inks AI deals with Microsoft, Meta and Perplexity as it marks 25th birthday

The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that runs the site, signed Google as one of its first customers in 2022 and announced ...

Wikipedia owner signs on Microsoft, Meta in AI content training deals

Wikipedia on Thursday unveiled partnerships with several Big Tech companies including Microsoft , Meta and Amazon , marking a ...
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Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’

SerpApi says it can deliver Google search results for use by AI tools, but Google claims it’s illegally evading bot-blockers to steal copyrighted content. SerpApi says it can deliver Google search ...
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Google Files DMCA Suit Targeting SerpApi’s SERP Scraping

Google sued SerpApi under the DMCA, alleging it circumvented SearchGuard to scrape and resell licensed copyrighted content from Google Search results at scale. Google claims SerpApi built tools ...