Wikipedia signs AI training deals with Microsoft, Meta, Amazon to fund sustainability amid rising AI scraping costs.

Wikimedia announced deals with several AI companies, including Amazon, Meta and Perplexity on Thursday. The deals allow partners access to Wikipedia's API for a fee.

Under the deal, tech vendors are paying to access Wikimedia's data to train and develop their large language models.

Wikipedia unveiled new business deals with a slew of artificial intelligence companies on Thursday as it marked its 25th anniversary. The online crowdsourced encyclopedia revealed that it has signed ...

A Wikipedia logo displayed at the Wikimedia Foundation office in San Francisco. The non-profit has signed deals with AI companies including Amazon, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and ...

Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI have joined Google in paying the Wikimedia Foundation for access to its projects, including Wikipedia’s vast collection of articles. The Wikimedia ...

Wikipedia has announced new business agreements with AI giants including Microsoft, Meta Platforms, and Perplexity to monetize its heavy bot traffic.

Big Tech, AI firms, and search engines all help to fund Wikipedia The Wikimedia Foundation has seven data centers globally Perplexity has gifted Wikipedia editors 2,500 free Enterprise seats Tech ...