On Thursday, Wikipedia announced that it has forged artificial intelligence content training partnerships with tech behemoths such as Microsoft, Meta Platforms Inc., and Amazon. Over the past year, the non-profit entity has also inked agreements with firms like Perplexity and France's Mistral AI, and had earlier formed alliances with Google and other entities. Wikipedia's repository of content is invaluable for training AI models. However, the rampant scraping of its freely available content by companies has driven up Wikipedia's operational costs significantly. This newfound cooperation represents a pivotal move by Wikipedia to transform tech companies' dependence on its content into a source of revenue.
