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Reddit Signs AI Content Licensing Deal Ahead of IPO (www.bloomberg.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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Reddit Signs AI Content Licensing Deal Ahead of IPO::Reddit Inc. has signed a contract allowing a company to train its artificial intelligence models on the social media platform’s content, according to people familiar with the matter, as it nears the potential launch of its long-awaited initial public offering.

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[–] [email protected] 157 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Seems pretty clear why the apis were shut down for apps

[–] Copernican -3 points 11 months ago (11 children)

They were transparent about it. AI and gatekeeping the user generated comments was the deciding factor to close the API and that's what they told the public.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can’t remember if the word at the time was that they were trying to stop the calls from affecting performance or they wanted the juicy data all for themselves

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