An experiment adding AI-generated summaries to the top of Wikipedia pages has been paused, following fierce backlash from its community editors. The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind Wikipedia,

Wikipedia has paused an AI summary trial following harsh criticism from the platform's human editors. As 404 Media reports, Wikipedia began testing AI-generated summaries for mobile on June 2. Users who had the Wikipedia browser extension could see a "simple summary" appear on top of every article.

Earlier this week, Wikimedia Commons, the organization behind Wikipedia, announced its plan to conduct a two-week trial of AI-generated summaries of articles at the top of the articles’ pages. In the announcement,