A viral Reddit post by a purported developer alleging that a “major food delivery app” exploits drivers appears AI-generated; Uber and DoorDash deny the claims
Sequoia's Shaun Maguire speculated in an X post that an innocent Palestinian student was behind the Brown University shooting; the post was later deleted
and unleash chaos Connie Loizos / TechCrunch : Sequoia partner spreads debunked Brown shooting theory, testing new leadership Media Matters for America : After the Brown University shooting, right-med...
Some Reddit moderators say a surge of AI slop on the site is eroding its authenticity and could lead to a feedback loop of AI models training on AI content
Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits.
Some Reddit moderators say a surge of AI slop on the site is eroding its authenticity and could lead to a feedback loop of AI models training on AI content
Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits. Bluesky: @drsmith , @rodneyabrooks , @jtlg , ...
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...
A US House committee asks the CEOs of Discord, Steam, Twitch, and Reddit to testify at an October 8 hearing on the “radicalization of online forum users”
oversight.house.gov/release/ chai... Mastodon: Jess / @JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange : In normal times, I'd say this is a good thing. There are absolutely radicalizing and violent cesspools on all ...
Researchers detail a now-fixed flaw in Perplexity's Comet AI browser that let an attacker use an indirect prompt injection to manipulate it into taking actions
Brave and Guardio's security audits call out paid AI browser Victor Tangermann / Futurism : Using an AI Browser Lets Hackers Drain Your Bank Account Just by Showing You a Public Reddit Post Marcus Sch...
Reddit says it will block the Internet Archive from indexing every page but its homepage, after catching AI companies scraping its data from the Wayback Machine
it was illegally collected by AI companies Andrew Nusca / Fortune : Ford's new EV strategy includes $2 billion U.S. investment Amanda Yeo / Mashable : Reddit is blocking Wayback Machine from archiving...
As Reddit turns 20, a look at its AI efforts, including the Reddit Answers chatbot, while it battles unauthorized scraping of user data for AI training
Even citing reputable sources, Google's AI listed the rare adverse reactions to my cat's pain medication as the common side effects. … James / @whitewaterlawyer : Facebook is unusable because of “enga...
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman warns against companies trying to game the site with AI-generated content, saying “human verification is top of mind for us right now”
Chief Steve Huffman warns of ‘arms race’ to protect its devoted online communities from AI-generated content Reddit is in an …