Wikipedia signs AI deal with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Perplexity on 25th anniversary: Here’s what this means

Wikimedia Foundation announced on 15 January that it had signed artificial intelligence deals with a number of AI companies on its 25th anniversary, as per an AP report.

The Wikimedia Foundation is the parent of the online crowdsourced encyclopedia and free internet knowledge bastion, Wikipedia. The deals signed are with leading AI firms, including Amazon, France’s Mistral AI, Meta Platforms, Microsoft and Perplexity, it added.