return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoReddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI botstechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square322linkfedilinkarrow-up1927arrow-down114
arrow-up1913arrow-down1external-linkReddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI botstechcrunch.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square322linkfedilink
minus-squareZagorath@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 days agoThey’re concerned about AI scraping. They want to sell access to users’ content for training, not let the AI in for free.
minus-squareBillionaireStew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoIt could also be to make things difficult for redlib, which uses the reddit API.
minus-squaredreamkeeper@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoExactly. They definitely care. They want the AI companies coughing up dough for all that data. Thankfully redlib still works
minus-squareZagorath@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days ago Thankfully redlib still works For now
minus-squaredreamkeeper@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoYeah definitely not optimistic it’ll keep working
They’re concerned about AI scraping. They want to sell access to users’ content for training, not let the AI in for free.
It could also be to make things difficult for redlib, which uses the reddit API.
Exactly. They definitely care. They want the AI companies coughing up dough for all that data.
Thankfully redlib still works
For now
Yeah definitely not optimistic it’ll keep working