‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google
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Reddit is apparently seeking to strike deals with big AI companies.

‘Nothing is changing’ — Reddit is denying a report from The Washington Post that it might force users to log in to see content if it can’t reach deals with AI companies::Reddit initially denied a report from The Washington Post that it might force users to log in to see content. However, the Post says it may still block search crawlers, and Reddit didn’t deny to The Verge that it may do so.

    • Olap@lemmy.worldEnglish
      203·
      1 year ago

      They 100% are. Without anyone’s consent. Lemmy instances will even send all the data to your own instance’s db! No scraping required even!

      I haven’t had a close look at lemmy.world recent TOS, but I’d be adding a revenue share clause to any posts used to train models originating from their instance’s community

      • Stumblinbear@pawb.socialEnglish
        65·
        1 year ago

        I don’t really care if they use my data in the slightest. I’m putting it out publicly on the internet, so w/e