Tea to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-217 days agoAI crawlers cause Wikimedia(The umbrella organization of Wikipedia and a dozen or so other crowdsourced knowledge projects) Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50%.diff.wikimedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square81arrow-up1717arrow-down17
arrow-up1710arrow-down1external-linkAI crawlers cause Wikimedia(The umbrella organization of Wikipedia and a dozen or so other crowdsourced knowledge projects) Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50%.diff.wikimedia.orgTea to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-217 days agomessage-square81
minus-square@fubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-2•17 days agoTo be clear, network costs represent a tiny fraction of WMF’s expenses. Much of WMF’s budget goes to social programs, not technical upkeep.
To be clear, network costs represent a tiny fraction of WMF’s expenses. Much of WMF’s budget goes to social programs, not technical upkeep.