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"We're not asking for charity": Wikimedia CEO calls out AI for unpaid data use

Wikipedia is starting to feel the effects of the AI-driven shift in how people find information, with page views falling 8% in the latest year, new Wikimedia Foundation CEO Bernadette Meehan tells Axios.Why it matters: Wikipedia is a crucial source of information for AI models, but those same…

By Ina FriedAxios AI+
"We're not asking for charity": Wikimedia CEO calls out AI for unpaid data use

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Originally published by Axios AI+ on Oct 2, 2026.

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