Wikipedia announces recent partnerships with Microsoft, Meta for AI training

Wikipedia Foundation, the operator of Wikipedia, has announced: “In the AI era, Wikipedia and its human-created and curated knowledge has never been more valuable. Today, Wikipedia is among the top-ten most-visited global websites, and it is the only one to be run by a nonprofit… Tech companies that rely on Wikipedia content must use it responsibly and help sustain Wikipedia for the future. One key way to do this is through the Wikimedia Enterprise platform. Developed by the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Enterprise is a commercial product for large-scale reusers and distributors of content from Wikimedia projects. Over the past year, several companies – including Ecosia, Microsoft (MSFT), Mistral AI, Perplexity, Pleias, and ProRata – became new Wikimedia Enterprise partners, joining existing partners such as Amazon (AMZN), Google (GOOGL), and Meta (META). They can access content from Wikimedia projects at a volume and speed designed specifically for their needs, while directly supporting our nonprofit mission.”