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Wikipedia Secures AI Deals With Amazon, Meta, Microsoft As Human Traffic Declines

Wikipedia Announced New Business Deals with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Companies

The online crowdsourced encyclopedia revealed that it has signed agreements with AI companies including Amazon, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity. Wikipedia signed a licensing deal in 2022 with Google, which has called the site a trusted source, and signed deals with smaller AI firms like the search engine Ecosia. It views these other partnerships as a way to keep operating.