Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft Join Wikimedia's Commercial Platform for AI Training

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Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and other AI companies have partnered with Wikimedia Enterprise to access Wikipedia content for AI training, supporting Wikipedia's mission and funding model.

Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity have formalized their relationships with Wikimedia Enterprise, the Wikimedia Foundation’s commercial product designed for large-scale reusers and distributors of content from its projects. The Wikimedia Foundation had previously urged AI companies to use Wikimedia Enterprise to responsibly access its content, rather than scraping information directly from Wikipedia. This paid API platform aims to sustain Wikipedia's global volunteer editor base and nonprofit funding model, while also allowing AI companies to efficiently utilize its vast content without overwhelming its servers. Perplexity, a customer, announced a gift of 2,500 Perplexity Enterprise seats to Wikipedia editors to mark Wikipedia’s anniversary.

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