Artificial intelligence/2026 Wiki AI/Community and Culture
Community & Culture
[edit]AI lowers barriers for editors and bad-faith actors alike - how does our movement navigate both? This thread runs from the opening keynote through to the small-wikis lightning talks, tracing how communities are meeting AI on their own terms.
Schedule
[edit]9:30
Opening - SJ Klein
Welcome and framing for the day.
Welcome and framing for the day.
9:40
Keynote - Mark Graham (Internet Archive)
A view from the front line of preserving the open record.
A view from the front line of preserving the open record.
10:15
Productive Coexistence (workshop) - Hay Kranen
A co-creation session on how AI is changing what it means to be a contributor - and how we adapt.
A co-creation session on how AI is changing what it means to be a contributor - and how we adapt.
15:10
From Hope to Mistrust: AI hypotheses at the Futures Lab - Eva Martin
What WMDE's Futures Lab has learned about how communities really feel about AI.
What WMDE's Futures Lab has learned about how communities really feel about AI.
16:15
Towards a sensible AI policy on Wikimedia Commons - User:Abzeronow
Building workable community policy for AI-generated and AI-assisted media.
Building workable community policy for AI-generated and AI-assisted media.
17:35
Small Wikis lightning talks - Micheal Kaluba & Dev Jadiya
How smaller language communities are putting AI to work on their own terms.
How smaller language communities are putting AI to work on their own terms.
If you want even more
[edit]These sessions at Wikimania continue the conversation:
- State of Wikimedia Research 2025-2026, the first and the third day are the most relevant to the pre-conference attendees
- AI and Wikipedia in Education: Opportunities, Ethics, and Equity in Practice - panel (22 July, 11:00)
- If AI becomes the first web interface, how can the wikimedia movement adapt? Chapters and partners levers for action - 22 July, 9:30
- Sharing & Collective Action in the Age of AI - 23 July, 9:30