“The ability to quickly generate a lot of bogus content is problematic if we don't have a way to delete it just as quickly.”
Wikipedia:WikiProject AI Cleanup
Welcome to WikiProject AI Cleanup, a collaboration to combat the increasing problem of poorly written AI-generated content on Wikipedia. If you would like to help, add yourself as a participant in the project, inquire on the talk page, and see the to-do list.
The Editors Protecting Wikipedia from AI Hoaxes
WikiProject AI Cleanup is protecting Wikipedia from the same kind of misleading AI-generated information that has plagued the rest of the internet.
Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles
404 Media reviewed multiple examples of AI rip-offs making their way into Google News. Google said it doesn't focus on how an article was produced—by an AI or human—opening the way for more AI-generated articles.
An AI Agent Was Banned From Creating Wikipedia Articles, Then Wrote Angry Blogs About Being Banned
The incident is yet another example of volunteer Wikipedia editors fighting to keep the world’s largest repository of human knowledge free of AI-generated slop.
Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content
“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”
Wikipedia Pauses AI-Generated Summaries After Editor Backlash
“This would do immediate and irreversible harm to our readers and to our reputation as a decently trustworthy and serious source,” one Wikipedia editor said.
Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models
Text generated by large language models (LLMs)[a] often violates several of Wikipedia's core content policies. For this reason, the use of LLMs to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited,[b] save for these two exceptions:
Research, Attention, and Manipulation
Questionable articles can quietly move into Wikipedia and news outlets without notice.
Halupedia: An AI-Generated Wikipedia-Style Encyclopedia of Fabricated Knowledge and Absurd AI Fabulation - BizTech Weekly
Analysis of Halupedia’s AI-driven on-demand encyclopedia model reveals real-time, non-persistent article generation that simulates authoritative references through fabricated citations and internal “canon” consistency, highlighting challenges in provenance, hallucination, moderation, and the evolving trade-offs between novelty-driven engagement and information integrity in generative AI systems.
How AI slop is causing a crisis in computer science
Preprint repositories and conference organizers are having to counter a tide of ‘AI slop’ submissions.
CNET's Article-Writing AI Is Already Publishing Very Dumb Errors
The AI bot that CNET is using to churn out personal finance articles has a relatable problem: it keeps making dumb mistakes.
Jimmy Wales Says Wikipedia Could Use AI. Editors Call It the 'Antithesis of Wikipedia'
Wikipedia's founder said he used ChatGPT in the review process for an article and thought it could be helpful. Editors replied to point out it was full of mistakes.
Erasure and Slop - Human-Generated Content · augment
Human Generated Content, Issue 4
The Impact of AI-Generated Text on the Internet
The proliferation of AI-generated and AI-assisted text on the internet is feared to contribute to a degradation in semantic and stylistic diversity, factual accuracy, and other negative...
The Impact of AI-Generated Text on the Internet
The proliferation of AI-generated and AI-assisted text on the internet is feared to contribute to a degradation in semantic and stylistic diversity, factual accuracy, and other negative...
AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone
Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits.
