Wikipedia is giving AI developers its data to fend off bot scrapers

Importance Score: 55 / 100 🔵


Wikimedia Releases Dataset on Kaggle for AI Development

Wikimedia has announced the release of a comprehensive dataset on Kaggle, tailored for machine learning workflows. This initiative aims to simplify access for artificial intelligence developers to machine-readable article data, facilitating model building, fine-tuning, benchmarking, alignment, and detailed analysis. The dataset features openly licensed content and, as of April 15th, incorporates research summaries, brief descriptions, image URLs, infobox information, and article segments—excluding citations and non-textual media such as audio files.

Kaggle to Host and Ensure Accessibility of Wikimedia Data

Brenda Flynn, partnerships lead at Kaggle, stated, “As the primary platform for the machine learning community’s resources and evaluations, Kaggle is exceptionally pleased to host the Wikimedia Foundation’s dataset.” Flynn added, “Kaggle is committed to supporting the accessibility, availability, and utility of this valuable data.”


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