Estonian and Lithuanian media have recently reported coordinated mass Wikipedia edits aimed at normalizing the Soviet occupation of the Baltic states as legitimate statehood.
The wonderful “AI revolution” is kind of the main reason this is an increasingly horrible problem. “Fighting back” against ever “smarter” bots is becoming increasingly hard.
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The wonderful “AI revolution” is kind of the main reason this is an increasingly horrible problem. “Fighting back” against ever “smarter” bots is becoming increasingly hard.
Even if the intents are not malicious, wikipedia is seriously suffering from the “AI revolution”, this is a very interesting tiny research project that gives a glimpse of that: https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-ai-generated-content-in-wikipedia-a-tale-of-caution