For more reliable AI, academics should edit Wikipedia
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Letter to the Editor
Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Wikipedia, the “encyclopedia anyone can edit”, is a fundamental training and reference data set for large language models (LLMs). As LLMs grow in popularity, Wikipedia’s content — both high and low quality — is likely to have more impact. Although the long-term effects of the technology remain uncertain, Wikipedia’s importance and reach has clearly grown since the rise of LLMs. Access options Access through your institution Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our bes
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