AI NewsWikipedia cracks down on the use of AI in article writing

Wikipedia cracks down on the use of AI in article writing

5:26 AM IST · March 27, 2026

As AI makes inroads into the worlds of editorial and media, websites are scrambling to establish ground rules for its usage. This week, Wikipedia banned the use of AI-generated text by its editors — although it stopped short of banning AI outright from the site’s editorial processes. Ina recent policy change, the site now states that “the use of LLMs to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited.” This new language updates and clarifies previous,vaguer languagethat stated that LLMs “should not be used to generate new Wikipedia articles from scratch.” AI in Wikipedia articles hasbecome a contentious issueamong the site’s sprawling, volunteer-driven community of editors. 404 Mediareports thatthe new policy, which was put to a vote by the site’s editors, garnered majority support — 40 to 2. That said, the new policy still makes room for continued AI use in some editorial processes. “Editors are permitted to use LLMs to suggest basic copyedits to their own writing, and to incorporate some of them after human review, provided the LLM does not introduce content of its own,” the new policy states. “Caution is required, because LLMs can go beyond what you ask of them and change the meaning of the text such that it is not supported by the sources cited.”