batch_1777375230 20260428142030000 National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Encyclopedic Research esu@esu.com.ua National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Encyclopedic Research Entsyklopedychnyi visnyk Ukrainy [The Encyclopedia Herald of Ukraine] Entsykl. visn. Ukr. 2706-9990 2707-000X 2024 16 Mykola Zhelezniak Institute of Encyclopedic Research, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8290-6345 Oleksandr Ishchenko Institute of Encyclopedic Research, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8910-111X The article explores potential directions for employing generative artificial intelligence to enhance encyclopedia articles. Specifically, it proposes the idea of building additional knowledge-based content on encyclopedia platforms designed to summarize the information contained within articles (e.g., generating highlights, annotations, summaries, etc., through AI tools). According to the authors, such supplementary text blocks would be both interesting and beneficial for readers, aiming to improve article comprehension and retention of information while enabling them to quickly grasp the essence of extensive articles. This case study using selected articles from the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine demonstrates that virtual assistants like ChatGPT and Gemini exhibit a satisfactory level of proficiency in generating this type of supplementary content. However, the authors also emphasize the risks of editorial misuse of artificial intelligence, as it could be employed to generate primary content of articles replacing human authors. This raises concerns regarding the accuracy, reliability, and overall value of such content. 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