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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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[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 156 points 9 months ago (12 children)

Seems pretty clear why the apis were shut down for apps

[–] Copernican@lemmy.world -3 points 9 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.

[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 9 points 9 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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