After much debate, Wikipedia has now taken a stance on AI-generated content on its platform: “the use of LLMs to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited.” So says the internal policy page, although the declaration does come with a few exceptions.
Wikipedia editors are permitted to use AI services for basic editing of text they’ve written themselves. Any AI-altered text must be reviewed by humans, both to ensure that the AI model hasn’t added its own material and that the core meaning of the text wasn’t changed.
Wikipedia is also allowing AI for translations. AI services may be used to produce an initial version of a translated Wikipedia article, but the translating editor must themselves be sufficiently proficient in both (original and translated) languages to be able to check that the translation is accurate and without errors.
These new rules apply only to the English-language Wikipedia. Wikipedia editors for other languages may come up with their own rules and guidelines for using AI in their articles.