Reddit is planning to block AI startups from scraping data from its website. With the increasing use of artificial intelligence in various industries, the issue of data scraping has become a concern for many online platforms, including Reddit.
As per the info, the AI startups mostly rely on content available on the web to train the chatbots. This allows them to feed the chatbots and expand the knowledge base without spending any money on producing exclusive content.
However, over 535 news organizations are protesting this and want the AI startups to pay for the content. These organizations, including Reddit, have decided to block AI startups from scraping data.
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Simultaneously, this move of Reddit might also affect Google and Bing crawlers. If a firm fails to reach an agreement with AI companies, it might ditch Google and Bing search crawlers. This means no content from Reddit will be shown in Google and Bing search results.
