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โ€œWhen your AI homies steal your shine & Wikipedia's views plummet ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ“‰ #NotAllHeroesWearCapes ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿค–โ€
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โ€œWhen your AI homies steal your shine & Wikipedia's views plummet ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ“‰ #NotAllHeroesWearCapes ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿค–โ€

October 17, 2025
10 days ago
Engadget
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๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ“‰ BREAKING NEWS FROM THE LAND OF FREE ENCYLOPEDIA KISSES! ๐Ÿ’”๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿšจ *Wikimedia Throws Shade at AI:* "These bots are snatching our page views like itโ€™s the last slice of pizza at a programmerโ€™s potluck." ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’€ Wikimedia is out here like ๐Ÿ‘€, calling out those LLM chatbots for ghosting their traffic faster than your crush on Valentine's Day. โ€œGenerative AI got people searching for info like itโ€™s a TikTok dance challenge,โ€ says Marshall Miller, Senior Director of Product and Chief WiFi Magician. ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™‚๏ธโœจ So here's the tea โ˜•: Weโ€™re talking an 8% drop in page views. EIGHT PERCENT! ๐Ÿ“‰ Thatโ€™s more devastating than my last attempt at trying to explain blockchain to my grandma ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ! โ€œIf traffic dips any lower, we might as well hand Wiki over to the TikTok dance kids,โ€ Marshall quipped (probably). ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿš€ Meanwhile, AI is flexing like Drake pointing at his new banger, but letโ€™s be real: being *this* reliant on bots? Cringe. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ“ฒ ๐ŸŒ€๐ŸŒŒ Future Predictions Mode: In 2025, Wikipedia will be rebranded as "WikiWho?" and run by AI overlords. Expect summaries to read like memes, and citations to consist of dank emojis! ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ”ฅ STAY WOKE, FAM! This is just the beginning! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’ฐ

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#Wikimedia#AI#Wikipedia#traffic#generative AI
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