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OpenAI agent traffic linked to Wikidata outage, says Wikimedia
Original: Wikimedia Foundation comes forward as latest OpenAI agent assault victim Millions of automated requests may have contrib
The Wikimedia Foundation says a surge of automated requests, likely from OpenAI's web-crawling agents, may have contributed to a partial Wikidata outage in May. The foundation reports millions of automated requests hitting its infrastructure, straining servers and prompting renewed debate about AI companies' scraping practices and the burden they place on open, volunteer-run platforms.
Why now: Concerns are mounting over AI agents overloading open web infrastructure without contributing back.
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Evidence
- Wikimedia Foundation comes forward as latest OpenAI agent assault victim Millions of automated requests may have contributed to partial Wikidata outage in May https://www. theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026… · techwire@gamefan.net · 3
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