The Wikipedia community has expressed significant dissatisfaction with the recent initiative to incorporate AI-generated summaries into its articles, causing the Wikimedia Foundation to pause the experiment.

“This would do immediate and irreversible harm to our readers and to our reputation as a decently trustworthy and serious source,” said Wikipedia editor Cremastura. “Wikipedia has in some ways become a byword for sober boringness, which is excellent.”

There were also comments suggesting that such features could insult the intelligence of readers. Despite some support for exploring AI solutions to improve readability, the overall response has leaned heavily negative, with many editors simply stating “yuck” regarding the proposal.

The experiment was intended to trial AI-generated summaries on a select number of articles for a duration of two weeks. However, community feedback indicates a clear preference for maintaining the site’s established reliability over adopting newer, unproven technology.