minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 months agoAhead of IPO, Reddit blends advertising into user posts as FTC starts asking questions about that mega-deal with Google to train AIwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10cross-posted to: reddit@lemmy.world
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkAhead of IPO, Reddit blends advertising into user posts as FTC starts asking questions about that mega-deal with Google to train AIwww.theregister.comminnix@lemux.minnix.dev to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square24fedilinkcross-posted to: reddit@lemmy.world
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 months agoSounds like a great way for Reddit to force anyone trying to train an AI to pay for an ad-free dataset: buy the clean one, or scrape an ad ridden one. You wouldn’t want risking your corporate AI to spew propaganda about your competitors, would you? Enshittification intensifies.
minus-squarePete Hahnloser@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 months agoBetter yet, ads coming soon to web searches filtered with site:reddit.com …
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoAnd they can still report that as ad delivery when that post is requested, even when the tag is no longer paid for
Sounds like a great way for Reddit to force anyone trying to train an AI to pay for an ad-free dataset: buy the clean one, or scrape an ad ridden one. You wouldn’t want risking your corporate AI to spew propaganda about your competitors, would you?
Enshittification intensifies.
Better yet, ads coming soon to web searches filtered with site:reddit.com …
And they can still report that as ad delivery when that post is requested, even when the tag is no longer paid for