dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWikipedia owner signs on Microsoft, Meta in AI content training dealswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up122file-text
arrow-up122external-linkWikipedia owner signs on Microsoft, Meta in AI content training dealswww.reuters.comdude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square11linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSunspear@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoYeah I mean Wikipedia has regular dump files where you can just… download its entire content, or parts of it if you so wish. Getting money instead for that bandwidth is immediately an improvement
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThey weren’t using those dumps. They were scraping the main site, at incredible expense to Wikipedia.
Yeah I mean Wikipedia has regular dump files where you can just… download its entire content, or parts of it if you so wish. Getting money instead for that bandwidth is immediately an improvement
They weren’t using those dumps. They were scraping the main site, at incredible expense to Wikipedia.