| ▲ | nostromo 2 hours ago | |
> very stable number of monthly users Wikipedia has seen their traffic decline with AI eating more and more of their lunch. I imagine it’ll only accelerate from here. Agents are increasingly accessing Wikipedia, but do not make donations. There will be a lot of belt tightening at the foundation in the coming years. | ||
| ▲ | PorciiVorbesc an hour ago | parent [-] | |
>Agents are increasingly accessing Wikipedia, but do not make donations. Irrelevant when donations from humans keep growing YoY way outpacing the actual expenses of running wikipedia. Half of people can stop donating tomorrow and they still would have enough money. Having internet on your PC and your phone on the go didn't kill off the library, people still go there. Similarly, LLMs won't kill online libraries like Wikipedia. | ||