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Wikipedia’s operator says a bad AI copyright ruling could threaten the open web.

The Verge AIIndependent reporting·
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The Wikimedia Foundation is asking courts in landmark AI copyright cases to protect training large language models on copyrighted work while not allowing chatbots to reproduce that work to users. It argued an overly broad ruling could threaten the open web.

Why it matters: The cases could set legal boundaries for how AI models are trained on copyrighted material and what they may output.

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“The Wikimedia Foundation is staking out a middle ground in a group of landmark AI copyright cases, pushing courts to legally protect large language models (LLMs) training on copyrighted work - but not chatbots regurgitating that work to users.”
The Verge AI, 29 Oct 2026, 22:43.

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