Wikipedia pauses AI-generated summaries pilot after editors protest

Wikipedia would have interrupted an experience that used AI to summarize items on its platform after the publishers have pushed back.

Wikipedia announced earlier this month Run the experience for users Who installed the extension of the Wikipedia browser and chose to register, according to 404 Media. Summaries generated by the AI ​​appeared at the top of each Wikipedia article with a “unaccomposed” yellow label. Users had to click to develop and read them.

The publishers almost immediately criticized the pilot, which makes it fear that this would derive the credibility of Wikipedia. Often, the problem of the summaries generated by AI is that they contain errors, the result of the “hallucinations” of the AI. News publications performing similar experiences, such as Bloomberg, were forced to correct the corrections and, in some cases, relaunch their tests.

Although Wikipedia has interrupted its experience, the platform indicated that it was always interested in summaries generated by AI for use cases such as the expansion of accessibility.