I'm subtooting here, namely a take that Wikipedia accepting AI money isn't a problem because that's then more money that Wikipedia has to go do good things that aren't AI, and that objecting to Wikipedia's actions amount to a purity test.
I disagree, though. WP accepted that money in a way that establishes a customer/provider relationship, and principles absolutely have to come into that discussion.
Is accepting money from customers trying to enclose and take ownership over all human knowledge consistent with the project of making human knowledge freely accessible? Does accepting a customer of that form create a financial incentive to work against Wikipedia's own immediately stated principles?
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