Many people including myself have noticed that Reddit and Reddit subforums are appearing more often in Google Searches. Bloomberg recently reported that Google and Reddit have agreed on $60 million deal to “Help The Google AI” learn.
Reddit has reportedly signed a $60 million annual licensing deal with Google to provide data for training AI models, ahead of its IPO. This is part of a trend where AI companies seek large, quality datasets to enhance their models. Reddit’s data, rich with diverse and timely human conversations, is highly valuable for AI training. However, this raises concerns about the content quality and potential misinformation. As AI relies on such data, there’s a growing debate on whether certain sources should be restricted and how to ensure data integrity in AI training.
The idea is that the information on Reddit will help teach the Google AI. Weather this is a good thing or a bad thing we will find out.
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