A Reddit post could be your next fuel A.I. Innovation Machine Reportedly as the 'Front Page of the Internet' Negotiated a content license agreement Make that data available for training AI models.
first Possible $5 billion IPO debut March, bloomberg A social media platform has reportedly signed a $60 million deal with an undisclosed (but large) AI company, a last-minute pitch to investors about the platform's potential to make money in the world of AI. There is a possibility that
Reddit has not yet confirmed the deal.
This move means Reddit posts, from the most popular subreddits to comments from lurkers and small accounts, can build on existing LLMs or provide a framework for upcoming generative AI plays. To do. This is a risky decision for Reddit, as users are already at odds with the nearly 20-year-old platform's business decisions.
Last year, after Reddit announced that; Start charging for access to your APIthousands of Reddit forums closed due to protest. Immediately after that, The site itself crashedAnd a few days later, a group of Reddit hackers Threatened to release previously stolen site data Unless Reddit CEO Steve Huffamn backs out of the API plan or pays them $4.5 million.then reddit Delete years of private chat logs and messages Data from before January 1, 2023 has been deleted from users' accounts as it is being erased to prepare for a new chat infrastructure.
Reddit also announced other changes. New “official” badge Aimed at distinguishing between impostors and real accounts, and new automatic moderation features. on Reddit in September Removed option to turn off ad personalizationrallying even more users to the evolution of the platform.
This new AI deal could further anger users as debate rages on about the ethics of using public data, art, and more. Content created by humans to train AI.