The Wikimedia Foundation has raised concerns over a surge in AI scraping that is severely straining its servers. The organization reported a 50% increase in bandwidth usage since January 2024, largely driven by bots collecting data for training large language models. While organic user traffic remains, AI bots are now the primary contributors to server requests. This issue highlights ongoing challenges with unlicensed data scraping, echoing broader industry concerns about copyright infringement and privacy violations. Wikimedia's situation reflects a growing trend of AI companies leveraging web data without permission.