# Wikipedia’s operator says a bad AI copyright ruling could threaten the open web

- Source: The Verge
- Published: 2026-10-30T09:00:00+00:00
- Category: Tech
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/policy/1022880/wikipedia-openai-new-york-times-copyright
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/wikipedia-s-operator-says-a-bad-ai-copyright-ruling-could-threaten-the-37d15a/

The Wikimedia Foundation is staking out a middle ground in a group of landmark AI copyright cases, pushing courts to legally protect large language models (LLMs) training on copyrighted work - but not chatbots regurgitating that work to users. An overly black-and-white ruling, it says, could either deprive Wikipedians of useful AI-based tools or endanger […]

_Ground Level News shows a short summary only; the full article and all rights belong to The Verge._