Wiki Education Finds GenAI Content Fails Verification in Two-Thirds of Flagged Wikipedia Articles

Wiki Education released findings detailing the impact of generative AI tools on new Wikipedia contributions during 2025, concluding that direct copy-pasting of chatbot output is detrimental. Their review of 3,078 articles from their programs flagged 178 for AI usage, revealing that over two-thirds of the flagged content failed basic fact verification against cited sources.