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From: Maryana Pinchuk mpinchuk@wikimedia.org To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Bcc: Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 23:59:20 -0000 Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Could the broad use of ChatGPT mean more accesses to Wikipedia? Hi Anders & Ziko,

I do think you're right that people may increasingly turn to AI assistants to get the kind of knowledge they formerly found on Wikipedia – and because ChatGPT doesn't currently link to Wikipedia by default when answering a query using our content, this poses a risk to the visibility and relevance of our movement.

The "Future Audiences" team at Wikimedia is currently focused on better understanding how people might interact with our content on an AI assistant if it were more explicitly attributed, by building a Wikipedia plugin for ChatGPT that does just that. You can find more details on this project here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2023-2024/D...

The technical work is still in its early stages work, but if you'd like to get updates on progress and provide input on future releases, please sign up on the Meta page!

- Maryana (Pinchuk, not Iskander) on behalf of Future Audiences