Tea to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-25 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-square80fedilinkarrow-up1714arrow-down17cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1707arrow-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-25 days agomessage-square80fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.zip
minus-square@fubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-2•5 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.