Wikipedia's funding model just shifted in a major way. To keep the platform running and maintain free access, they're accepting funds from Big Tech—Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and others. The catch? These companies get data scraping permissions to feed their AI training pipelines. Basically, you get free encyclopedia access while your data becomes a commodity for AI development. It's the kind of deal that raises questions about who really benefits when "free" services rely on massive corporate backing. The tradeoff between accessibility and data usage is becoming harder to ignore in the Web3 era.