Comment on Reddit has reportedly signed over its content to train AI models
garibaldi_biscuit@lemmy.world 4 months ago
This is what the 3rd party access to API was really all about.
When API access was allowed , all reddit content was effectively free: They needed to ban 3rd party apps so they could sell the accumulated content. I expect using content to train AI also factors into it.
bier@feddit.nl 4 months ago
Is it? Because when you build a bot and just scrape Reddit I don’t think you can just use the content to train AI, just like the New York Times. The API change was definitely to sell more ads and get a higher IPO, but I don’t think it was because of AI.
Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 months ago
Am I crazy or are you arguing the same point? Scraping is not the same as API access. They closed off the API to everyone for dubious reasons so they can sell that content (both for ads and AI training)… Right??
bier@feddit.nl 4 months ago
No you’re not, the post was editted. The original one said it was all because of AI, the entire reason for the API change was to sell to companies.