
Wikipedia's 8% traffic drop puts AI data payments in spotlight
Wikipedia lost 8% of human visits in 2025, CEO Bernadette Meehan urges AI firms to pay for data use.
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Wikipedia lost 8% of human visits in 2025, CEO Bernadette Meehan urges AI firms to pay for data use.

AI tools are reducing visits to IT forums and wikis, risking the reliability of the information they depend on, per Spiceworks.