The Wikimedia Foundation is experiencing a significant strain on its servers, with AI scraping activities increasing bandwidth usage by 50% since January 2024. The non-profit organization reported that most traffic is now driven by bots collecting data for large language models. This surge in requests has led to concerns over copyright infringement and privacy violations. Wikimedia highlighted that unauthorized data collection has been a persistent issue, affecting various platforms and prompting legal actions against AI companies. The organization calls for better regulation to protect its resources from unlicensed scraping.