Proprietary AI means corpo involvement, and usually it's the really actively awful sort of techbros, this involvement gives them some power, and this power is a threat. Whether it materializes or not, living in the world we do now, it's only right to be wary. I already figured Wikipedia was on its way out a few months ago and downloaded both the kiwi program reader version and the raw xml dump + file for truly apocalyptic situations.

It's AI involved in the process of editing articles.

As long as billionaires are campaigning to destroy it, there is no place for that comment you made.

I don't think an existing conspiracy is necessary, it's just a cheap way to help protect yourself and others against something that could happen one day.