{"id":709,"date":"2026-01-20T17:47:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/how-wikipedia-will-survive-in-the-age-of-ai-with-wikipedias-cto-selena-deckelmann\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:47:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:47:24","slug":"how-wikipedia-will-survive-in-the-age-of-ai-with-wikipedias-cto-selena-deckelmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/how-wikipedia-will-survive-in-the-age-of-ai-with-wikipedias-cto-selena-deckelmann\/","title":{"rendered":"How Wikipedia Will Survive in the Age of AI (With Wikipedia\u2019s CTO Selena Deckelmann)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wikipedia is turning 25 this month, and it\u2019s never been more important.\u00a0The online, collectively created encyclopedia has been a cornerstone of the internet decades, but as generative AI started flooding every platform with AI-generated slop over the last couple of years, Wikipedia\u2019s governance model, editing process, and dedication to citing reliable sources has emerged as one of the most reliable and resilient models we have.\u00a0And yet, as successful as the model is, it\u2019s almost never replicated.\u00a0This week on the podcast we\u2019re joined by Selena Deckelmann, the Chief Product and Technology Officer at the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia. That means Selena oversees the technical infrastructure and product strategy for one of the most visited sites in the world, and one the most comprehensive repositories of human knowledge ever assembled. Wikipedia is turning 25 this month, so I wanted to talk to Selena about how Wikipedia works and how it plans to continue to work in the age of generative AI.\u00a0\u00a0Listen to the weekly podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube.\u00a0Become a paid subscriber for early access to these interview episodes and to power our journalism. If you become a paid subscriber, check your inbox for an email from our podcast host Transistor for a link to the subscribers-only version! You can also add that subscribers feed to your podcast app of choice and never miss an episode that way. The email should also contain the subscribers-only unlisted YouTube link for the extended video version too. 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