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Re:Wikimedia Enterprise – APIs for LLMs, AI Training, and More by riku_iki on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @04:41PM (#40446241)
wikidata is not the same as wikipedia infoboxes.

wikipedia infoboxes API is already paywalled, pricing starts from $0.01/req.

Re:Wikimedia Enterprise – APIs for LLMs, AI Training, and More by nextaccountic on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @08:34PM (#40448887)
What I am proposing is that Wikipedia infoboxes should be included in Wikidata
Re:Wikimedia Enterprise – APIs for LLMs, AI Training, and More by riku_iki on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @08:38PM (#40448911)
this is good proposal, but it is far from what we have and not clear if it will happen.
Re:Wikimedia Enterprise – APIs for LLMs, AI Training, and More by nextaccountic on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @10:57PM (#40449939)
But now unfortunately the Wikimedia foundation has a motive to block such a proposal, in order to not threaten their revenue stream

And that's the problem with making money off convenience. If the free thing becomes better, then it cannibalizes the paid stuff. So if you take this approach to funding, you will want the free tier to be perpetually bad as much as possible.

Re:Wikimedia Enterprise – APIs for LLMs, AI Training, and More by riku_iki on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @11:14PM (#40450061)
I think sorting current infoboxes mess is not trivial problem. We will see what will be quality of their solution, it could be lower than actual wikidata.