Khaberni - Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, stated that the platform opposes the use of artificial intelligence in editing its articles, explaining that he "does not trust" this technology enough.
Speaking on the sidelines of an event organized by Octopus Energy in London, he said: "We will not allow artificial intelligence to edit (our articles) directly because we cannot trust it enough".
He added to the French Press Agency that while "it is hard to know what artificial intelligence will look like in 25 years," the issue of its making mistakes is still "very serious" for Wikipedia, which aims to gather the world's knowledge on one platform thanks to the free contributions of millions of volunteers.
However, the platform does not rule out using artificial intelligence programs to monitor certain specialized topics that its editors might not notice.
While Wikipedia seeks to limit the role of artificial intelligence in its operations, AI systems rely on its content to answer users' questions.
Jimmy Wales clarified that despite an "8% decrease in human visits" related to competition from artificial intelligence, "we have seen an increase in visits" due to strong growth in visits from AI robots.
This drop in human visits is "significant, but not catastrophic," according to Wales, who founded Wikipedia with Larry Sanger in 2001.
Wikipedia has signed agreements with several tech giants. While its content remains free, it asks artificial intelligence companies that "flood it with millions of queries" to compensate it by giving it "its fair share" of the revenue from the use of its articles.
Wales did not mention the exact amount of the agreements, but he said he was "completely satisfied with the progress made" in this area, adding: "We have had great success with many major players, and we have started to ban those who do not behave properly".
