Advocates Can Influence LLM Values By Editing Wikipedia (opens in new tab)

This article is a summary of an original study: Brazilek, J., Navas, M., & Gnauck, A. (2026). Small edits, large models: How Wikipedia advocacy shapes LLM values. Zenodo.TL;DRWikipedia articles are weighted highly among LLM training data. Thus, we show that it’s possible for advocacy organisations to influence what LLMs say on certain topics, just by strategically editing Wikipedia articles. (PAW) is a group who add factual animal welfare content to relevant articles, and have so far made 125...