Reddit's content became AI training data last year when Google signed a $60 million-per-year licensing agreement. But now Reddit is "in early talks" about a new deal seeking "deeper integration with Google's AI products," reports Bloomberg (citing executives familiar with the discussions). And Redd...

Crossposted from https://lemmy.ml/post/36529038

I used to like Reddit, but I’ve realized that people are just giving their input/knowledge away so that Reddit can sell it. It is sad to lose Reddit as a helpful resource, but seriously, people should stop contributing to it.

  • aramis87@fedia.io
    7·
    11 days ago

    When the APIcalypse happened and spez was whining about how much data everyone was taking from reddit, and when everyone was suffixing their search terms with “reddit”, I Said I honestly didn’t understand why Google just didn’t buy reddit. spez has no vision for the company and is constantly distracted by the latest shiny - NFTs, crypto, AI. And Google needs that data, both for their search results and their AI effort. And I still don’t understand why that hasn’t happened, but I guess this is a step in that direction.

    • simsalabim@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 days ago

      Google is trying to avoid regulation, buying such a large entity like Reddit might trigger regulatory investigations.