At 25, Wikipedia faces its biggest threat yet: AI

Wikipedia celebrates its 25th anniversary as the world's most successful open encyclopedia, but faces an existential threat from artificial intelligence that's dramatically reducing its web traffic. While the volunteer-driven platform has survived previous challenges, AI chatbots like ChatGPT are now intercepting search queries that previously drove users to Wikipedia pages. Traffic analysis shows an 8% decline in human page views, with ChatGPT becoming the fifth most popular website while Wikipedia dropped to ninth, raising concerns about the platform's long-term survival.