Wikipedia reports an 8 percent drop in human visitors as generative A.I. tools like Google’s AI Overviews change how people find information online.
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Wikipedia losing traffic to AI

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Looks like Wikipedia isn't immune to broader online trends, with human page views falling 8% year-over-year, according to a new blog post from Marshall Miller of the Wikimedia Foundation.