ainali, 5 months ago

@openfuture @tarkowski @wikimediafoundation It is noteworthy, though, that the team runs public experiments on platforms not in line with these "principles".

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/07/13/exploring-paths-for-the-future-of-free-knowledge-new-wikipedia-chatgpt-plugin-leveraging-rich-media-social-apps-and-other-experiments/

tarkowski, 5 months ago

@ainali Jan I agree, and made this point in an earlier op-ed on our blog.

I understand that the small WMF AI team is being opportunistic and looking for quick, frugal experiments. And also feel they need to explore (potential) dominant channels - the way they accepted that Wikipedia is intermediated through commercial search engines.

Stiil, I would also like to see a stronger commitment to open(ish) solutions. That's why I like a lot more the translation tool.

@openfuture @wikimediafoundation