Overview

• Volunteer editors have added AI-use warnings to hundreds of Wikipedia articles to alert readers to potential machine-generated text.
• In early August, Wikipedia amended its speedy deletion policy to allow administrators to discard draft articles showing clear signs of AI writing without the usual seven-day discussion period.
• WikiProject AI Cleanup, launched in 2023, maintains guides that help volunteers spot AI hallmarks such as user-directed prompts, nonsensical citations, dead links and chatbot-style formatting.
• After editor protests in June, the Wikimedia Foundation abandoned its AI-generated summary pilot, emphasizing that future AI tools must preserve community standards and human oversight.
• The Edit Check tool now prompts contributors to include citations and maintain a neutral tone, and a forthcoming ‘Paste Check’ feature will ask users to confirm content they have pasted.