2025-04-03 14:34:49.AIbase.16.8k
Wikimedia Foundation Warns of Bandwidth Strain from AI Crawlers
The Wikimedia Foundation has warned of increasing bandwidth strain on its projects caused by AI-powered web crawlers. Representatives noted a 50% increase in bandwidth consumption for multimedia files since January 2024, largely attributed to automated programs harvesting content from Wikimedia's openly licensed image library for AI model training. Wikimedia Foundation staff members Birgit Mueller, Chris Danis, and...
