Terms of use

Who's offering the service

wikiraceai is operated by Yariv Barsheshat, an individual based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Contact: yariv@barsheshat.com. By using this site you agree to these terms; if you don't agree, please don't use it.

What the service is

wikiraceai lets you race against an AI agent through Wikipedia articles. You can play anonymously or create a free account. Accounts unlock the ability to generate fresh AI races (subject to a daily quota) and to appear on the public leaderboard if you opt in.

The service is free to use. There's no purchase, no subscription, no paywall. That may change in the future; if it does, current accounts and historical data stay accessible.

Your account

• You must be at least 14 years old to create an account (the Quebec Law 25 threshold for parental consent). If you're younger, ask a parent.
• You're responsible for keeping your sign-in credentials secure. We use Clerk for authentication; their security is your security.
• One account per person. We may close duplicate accounts.
• You can delete your account at any time. See the privacy notice for what happens to your data when you do.

Aliases and the leaderboard

When you turn on leaderboard opt-in and set an alias, that alias appears publicly next to your race results. Pick something you're comfortable being seen.

Aliases must:

• Be 3 to 20 characters, letters/digits/underscores/hyphens only.
• Not impersonate another person, brand, or wikiraceai itself.
• Not contain slurs, harassment, or content that would be illegal under Canadian law.

We may remove or change an alias that violates these rules. Repeated violations may result in account closure. We don't run an automated filter; reports go to yariv@barsheshat.com.

Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Bypass or attempt to bypass the rate limits, the daily quota, or any anti-abuse measure.
• Scrape the site or its API at volumes higher than a real player would generate.
• Use the service to disrupt Wikipedia (we are a guest of the Wikimedia Foundation here; abuse of Wikipedia's API via us is abuse of us).
• Try to compromise the security of the service, other users' accounts, or our hosting providers.
• Submit content (aliases, reports) that is illegal under Canadian law.

We reserve the right to suspend or close accounts that violate any of the above, with notice when practical.

Public race data

Every AI race generated on the site is cached and publicly replayable, including the full transcript of what the AI saw and reasoned. By generating a fresh race you accept that the race itself (start page, goal page, AI path, AI transcript) becomes part of the public archive. Your account is not shown on the cached race; only on the leaderboard if you opted in and won.

We don't currently provide a way to delete an individual cached race from the archive. If you have a strong reason to need one removed, email us.

Intellectual property

The wikiraceai code that runs this site is proprietary. The AI engine (wikigame-agent) is open source under Apache 2.0 and lives at github.com/yarv/wikigame-agent. Wikipedia article content is owned by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Your alias and your race attempts are yours. By appearing on the leaderboard you grant us permission to display them on the site.

No warranty

The service is provided as is, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or uninterrupted availability. wikiraceai is a hobby project; it may have bugs, it may go down, and the AI may make confident mistakes. That's part of the fun.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by Quebec law, the operator's aggregate liability to you for any claim arising from your use of the service is limited to ten Canadian dollars (CAD $10). Nothing in these terms limits liability where the law forbids limiting it (notably, intentional or gross fault).

Changes to the service or the terms

We may change, add, or remove features of the service at any time. We may change these terms; the change takes effect when we post the updated version here. The "Last updated" date above tracks revisions. If a change materially restricts your rights, we'll surface a notice when you next sign in. Continued use after a change means you accept it.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Quebec and the federal laws of Canada applicable there. Any dispute that can't be resolved informally falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the district of Montreal.