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How AI-generated content is upping the workload for Wikipedia editors
As AI-generated slop takes over increasing swathes of the user-generated Internet thanks to the rise of large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI's GPT,
As AI-generated slop takes over increasing swathes of the user-generated Internet thanks to the rise of large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT, spare a thought for Wikipedia editors. In addition to their usual job of grubbing out bad human edits, they’re having to spend an increasing proportion of their time trying to weed out AI filler. The ability of LLMs to instantly produce reams of plausible-sounding text has even led to whole fake entries being uploaded in a bid to sneak hoaxes past Wikipedia’s human experts.
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