Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales says AI cannot be trusted to directly edit articles
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France 24
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Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales stated that AI cannot be trusted to directly edit Wikipedia articles due to persistent issues with AI hallucinations, where fabricated information is presented confidently. While newer AI models have reduced this problem, it remains significant. Wales suggested AI could still be useful for alerting human editors to niche news stories that might otherwise go unnoticed, but direct AI editing is off the table due to trust concerns.
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· 2 pulledWe would not let it edit directly because you can't really trust it enough
The problem of AI 'hallucinations'... has been reduced with newer AI models but remains 'very, very bad'
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