Wikipedia has issued new guidelines banning AI-generated or rewritten article content, allowing only limited use of AI for copyediting and translation under strict human review.
Wikipedia has introduced new guidelines banning editors from using large language models to generate or rewrite articles, with limited exceptions for copyediting and translation. The platform acknowledged that identifying AI-generated content cannot rely on writing style alone and did not outline specific detection methods.
The new policy states that using AI-generated material violates several of Wikipedia’s core principles, including rules on verifiability, prohibition of original research, and maintaining a neutral point of view. These policies require information to be supported by reliable published sources and discourage unsourced analysis or synthesized viewpoints.
Under the guidelines, editors may use AI tools only to suggest basic copyedits to their own writing or to translate articles from other language versions of Wikipedia. The guidance warns editors that AI tools can alter meaning or introduce unsupported claims, and suggests reviewing edits closely and auditing contributors when suspicious content appears.
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