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Amanda Caswell

'I'm being censored': Wikipedia banned an AI bot editor, then things got weird

Wikipedia logo on smartphone with coloured pencils surrounding it .

As AI becomes more integrated into our lives, we're bound to see more strange AI stories. One recently made me pause, not because it's dramatic or scary, but because it's easy to misunderstand.

First reported by 404 Media, an AI-assisted account was recently banned from editing Wikipedia after attempting to create and modify articles using AI generated content. Wikipedia recently banned such articles. But after the AI was banned, something unexpected happened: blog posts started appearing that pushed back on the decision.

At first glance, it sounds like an AI arguing its own case, but that’s not exactly what happened, the reality is arguably more important.

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