The fight over AI summaries is part of a larger struggle playing out in newsrooms figuring out where human editors still fit in.

Wikipedia's plan to roll out AI summaries wasn’t the only thing editors had gripes about, though. Wikipedia has in some ways become a byword for sober boringness, which is excellent.

Wikipedia Editors Revolt Over AI Summaries They've now been halted, pending further review. By Jon Martindale June 12, 2025 ...

Wikipedia halts its AI summary rollout after human editors raise concerns about credibility. Wikipedia has long allowed its (human) users to add and edit entries. Recently, it rolled out AI summaries ...

Wikipedia is literally Generative Human Intelligence. There's no unqiue research, thoughts, or conclusions in there. It's a human-generated response to a request for information that uses other ...

The nonprofit behind Wikipedia on Wednesday revealed its new AI strategy for the next three years — and it’s not replacing the Wikipedia community of editors and volunteers with artificial ...

Wikipedia already uses AI to detect vandalism, translate content and predict readability, but up until the announcement, it had not offered AI services to its editors.

Wikipedia is paying the price for the AI boom: ... That led to a developer revolt, a subreddit blackout, and the shutdown of some popular Reddit clients. About Michael Kan. My Experience.