Wikipedia offers AI developers a training dataset to maybe get scraper bots off its back
engadget.comPublished: 4/17/2025
Summary
Wikipedia’s servers are probably taking a mental health day—or at least feeling the strain—thanks to AI bots siphoning off their content for generative AI training. Meanwhile, Wikimedia is teaming with Kaggle to offer free datasets to help developers train AI systems without overloading the platform.