AI bots are taking a toll on Wikipedia’s bandwidth, but the Wikimedia Foundation has rolled out a potential solution.
Bots often cause more trouble than the average human user, as they are more likely to scrape even the most obscure corners of Wikipedia. Bandwidth for downloading multimedia, for example, grew by 50% since January 2024, the foundation noted earlier this month. However, the traffic isn’t coming from human readers but automated programs constantly…
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