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   Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Friday, 16-Jan-2026 06:25:05 JST Anil Dash

   Today, Wikipedia turns 25 years old. It's never been more important — or under more attack from authoritarians. Here's what to know about how we got here, and what we can do to push for its future and support them as they start to demand fair support from the AI companies that are profiting off of the community. There's no better example than Wikipedia of the web we make together. https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipedia-at-25/

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     Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Friday, 16-Jan-2026 07:43:13 JST Anil Dash

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     • Lily Star

     @starlily every major AI company has been exploiting Wikipedia content for years without compensating the community at all, consuming enormous amounts of resources from the platform. Is it your belief that they should continue to pay nothing and be subsidized by the Wikimedia Foundation to do this?

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     Lily Star (starlily@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 16-Jan-2026 07:43:14 JST Lily Star

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     @anildash
     And yet this news will prompt me to end my donations immediately:
     https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/wikipedia-ai-deal