Wikimedia Foundation Tries to Save Itself From Oblivion by Brokering AI Copyright Deal

The nonprofit organization behind Wikipedia has a plan for saving the open internet, one where AI chatbots and human artistry can peacefully coexist.

The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia as well as a dozen other “free knowledge” sites—all collaboratively maintained and edited by an open-source community of human contributors—submitted an amicus brief on Thursday to the court overseeing the New York Times’ lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft. Filed in December 2023, that lawsuit alleges…