2024-07-25 13:15:37| Engadget
When Reddit said last month it would block unauthorized data scraping from its site, most of us assumed it was to tackle chatbot training. It turns out the site/service/fandom battleground also appears to be blocking search engines other than Brave and Google, the latter of which reportedly inked a deal earlier this year with Reddit worth $60 million annually.
A Reddit spokesperson told Engadget the empty search results are because these engines wont agree to the companys requirements for AI training. The company says its in discussions with several of them. Bing and DuckDuckGo both appear to be affected.
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