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Wikipedia’s challenge from AI Overviews may reach beyond fewer visits to its pages, according to WIRED. The article argues that the consequences could be more existential than a traffic decline.

That matters because Wikipedia depends on people finding and using its work. The supplied account gives no figures or further detail on the decline, so the scale of the effect remains unclear. Search summaries are convenient. If they also weaken the places they draw on, who should bear responsibility: search platforms, or the people who choose not to click through?

Discuss: If AI summaries reduce visits to Wikipedia, should search platforms be responsible for helping sustain the source material they rely on?

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