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From: Maryana Pinchuk <mpinchuk(a)wikimedia.org>
To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
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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/…
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