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Wikipedia editors are intensifying their efforts to combat the growing tide of AI-generated content, often riddled with falsehoods and misleading citations. Referred to by Wikimedia Foundation’s product director Marshall Miller as an ‘immune system’ response, this volunteer-driven initiative focuses on preserving the neutrality and accuracy of the platform’s information. As AI tools become increasingly sophisticated, the Wikipedia community has developed effective techniques to quickly identify and remove this ‘slop’ content, maintaining the reliability that users expect.