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Wikipedia is under assault: rogue users keep posting AI generated nonsense (www.techspot.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by ForgottenFlux to c/technology
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Wikipedia has a new initiative called WikiProject AI Cleanup. It is a task force of volunteers currently combing through Wikipedia articles, editing or removing false information that appears to have been posted by people using generative AI.

Ilyas Lebleu, a founding member of the cleanup crew, told 404 Media that the crisis began when Wikipedia editors and users began seeing passages that were unmistakably written by a chatbot of some kind.

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[–] nutsack 31 points 1 month ago (3 children)

why the fuck would anyone stick ai shit on wikipedia that doesn't make any sense

[–] NateNate60 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"[The] main reasons that motivate editors to add AI-generated content: self-promotion, deliberate hoaxing, and being misinformed into thinking that the generated content is accurate and constructive," Lebleu said.

[–] nutsack 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

so, stupidity basically. they're just stupid.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Many people who are trying to push lies have an agenda to undermine Wikipedia. Trump, Putin supporters, etc.

[–] MellowSnow 14 points 1 month ago

People suck

[–] InverseParallax 7 points 1 month ago

The irony being a huge amount of the llm knowledge was based on WP in the first place, that and scientific papers.