Wikipedia blackout could hurt how AI engines like ChatGPT understand crypto
A new report suggests that Wikipedia's strict editorial standards are excluding many major cryptocurrency projects from its platform. This lack of coverage potentially limits the accuracy of AI models like ChatGPT, which rely heavily on Wikipedia for information.
Why it matters
As AI becomes a primary source of information, the 'knowledge gap' in Wikipedia regarding emerging industries could lead to biased or incomplete AI-generated insights.
Only 67 of the 1,000 largest crypto projects by market cap, according to CoinGecko's ranking, have a Wikipedia entry, the report shared with CoinDesk on Tuesday said. Prominent projects, including massively popular perpetuals trading platform Hyperliquid and layer-1 network Sui , which grew out of Meta's aborted digital currency project Diem, are missing from the online encyclopedia,
"Wikipedia’s strict editorial filtering was originally designed to protect the encyclopedia from the sheer volume of noise and fleeting projects during earlier crypto cycles," the report concludes. "However, by continuing to apply these filters today, the platform is no longer just weeding out the static but erasing established, multi-billion-dollar infrastructure from the internet’s most trusted public record."
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