Reddit files a lawsuit against Perplexity and three data scraping companies, accusing them of illegally stealing its data by scraping Google search results
comparing them to “bank robbers” and accusing them of sidestepping its controls to scrape its data and get rich off the AI gravy train. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... Andrew Curran / @andrewcurr...
Reddit is winning over advertisers using interest-based targeting via subreddits, instead of personal data; analysis: Reddit's ad revenue may pass $1.1B in 2024
topic/interest focus is what Reddit's built for. Even if Reddit had detailed demographic data about their users (and, believe me, they're collecting it indirectly), this would still be their unique s...
Reddit says it plans to test AI-powered search result pages to “summarize and recommend content” later in 2024, powered by first-party and third-party tech
Reddit users will soon see AI-generated summaries at the top of search results. — Reddit CFO Drew Vollero told investors during …
Reddit users: Netflix is phasing out its cheapest $11.99/month ad-free tier for existing subscribers as planned, pushing its $6.99, $15.49, and $22.99 tiers
Netflix is following through on its plan to phase out its cheapest ad-free tier for existing subscribers.
A look at Vana, which raised $20M to let users get paid to share their Reddit posts and other data to train AI models; Reddit banned Vana's subreddit
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : X: @edzitron . Forums: r/technology X: Ed Zitron / @edzitron : Nuh uh uh, sorry folks. Only WE can make money off of your labor Forums: r/technology : A startup, Vana, say...
Some Reddit users report disappearance of their private messages from before 2023; Reddit says the move was announced on June 22 and is effective since June 30
Many Redditors were caught off guard by the removal of their chat and message history. — The Reddit blackout protests …
Staff memo: Reddit's CEO says “like all blowups on Reddit, this one will pass”, new moderation tools are vital, wearing Reddit gear in public is risky, and more
Programming note: Barring big news, Platformer will be off Thursday as I take a personal day. Matt Binder / Mashable : Reddit Blackout: CEO downplays protest. Subreddits vow to keep fighting. Emre Çit...
Reddit plans to charge companies to access its API, which many have used to train AI tools; the API will stay free for developers building apps for Reddit users
The internet site has long been a forum for discussion on a huge variety of topics, and companies like Google and OpenAI have been using it in their A.I. projects.
A look at subreddit r/Place, which lets users build collective art by posting a colored pixel every five minutes and had 72M tiles placed by Sunday night
Since last Friday, millions of Reddit users have banded together to collectively generate a massive, collaborative piece of artwork that has become a viral phenomenon.
A self-described Reddit “karma whore” shares how he learned to make Reddit posts go viral and reflects on his years-long unfulfilling journey to 8M+ karma
written by one of the most-upvoted redditors of all time using his real name—is so powerfully introspective, and such a gutpunch: https://www.vice.com/... @motherboard : “As much as Reddit had helped ...