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Wikipedia pauses AI summaries after editors skewer the idea


'Yuck,' one editor wrote.

"It is common to receive a variety of feedback from volunteers, and we incorporate it in our decisions, and sometimes change course," the spokesperson stated. "In previous research, we heard that readers wanted to have an option to get a quick overview of a topic prior to jumping into reading the full article." "Bringing generative AI into the Wikipedia reading experience is a serious set of decisions, with important implications, and we intend to treat it as such," the spokesperson told 404 Media.

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