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An experiment adding AI-generated summaries to the top of Wikipedia pages has been paused, following fierce backlash from its community editors. The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind Wikipedia,

The Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind Wikipedia, made the unfortunate decision to announce the trial of a new AI-fueled article generator this week. The backlash from the site’s editors was so swift and so vengeful that the organization quickly walked back its idea, announcing a temporary “pause” of the new feature.