The Accidental Architect of the Internet’s Brain

Steven Pruitt, who is widely regarded as the most prolific Wikipedia editor, has made more than six million edits to the site, and, by extension, has quietly shaped the raw material that every major A.I. chatbot was trained on.

By Carson Griffith

July 30, 2026

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