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,

The editors almost immediately criticised the new AI feature, stating it could damage Wikipedia's credibility.

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.