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Even Wikipedia is hemorrhaging traffic to AI.

At least, that’s what plummeting human pageviews suggest. In the last few months, it’s down 8 percent from last year after implementing improved bot detection measures.

Wikipedia is hardly alone; AI keeps users away while using its content for answers. Even if Wikipedia manages to survive, difficult times are ahead.

A graph showing Wikipedia pageviews when accounting for improved bot detection.
Image: Wikimedia
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