Earlier this month, Wikipedia scrapped its experiment with AI-generated article summaries following backlash from the site’s editors. Meanwhile, Russia is actively promoting its heavily state-censored online encyclopedia, Ruwiki, where a built-in neural network is touted as a key advantage over competitors. The results, however, have been far from impressive. Meduza examines how Russia’s homegrown Wikipedia alternative is trying to integrate AI — and why it still stumbles over “inconvenient” questions.
At least the AI doesn’t mean to lie to you, unlike the intention of the rest of the site.