(The API will remain free for researchers and smaller developers who build atop the reddit platform and create different bots and stuff that help people use reddit.
Reddit positions itself as holding an enormous amount of valuable conversation data, and wants to get that paper)
some news: Reddit will begin charging the biggest companies for API access, which has been used historically to train the coming wave of LLMs and artificially intelligent programs
“It’s a good time for us to tighten things up," CEO Steve Huffman said.
https://t.co/rAizNA8EIg
It's Hard Fork Friday! This week on the show, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman stops by to explain the risks of the Supreme Court meddling with Section 230. PLUS: Kevin reflects on getting Sydney killed https://t.co/Wzn6d5Qzfp
New Hard Fork! This week, a farewell to Sydney, plus Reddit CEO Steve Huffman stops by to tell us what the Supreme Court’s big Section 230 case could mean for the future of the internet. https://t.co/InXYhnNC4X
The Supreme Court will review Section 230, which shields social media platforms from liability for content they carry.
Does this threaten free expression or promise accountability?
Join our discussion with @Reddit's @BenL & @Wikimedia's @JacobLRogers55.
https://t.co/tJciV0MFya
Reddit just hired its first-ever CRO. He tells Insider how Reddit's ad sales team quintupled since 2020, and why a bad economy won't keep it from hiring more this year. https://t.co/l9NcUIRTJp
Read a great Reddit thread putting historical dates in perspective.
Here are 8 gems.
1/ The moon landing was only 66 years after the Wright Brothers first flight (1903-1969). Within a lifetime, humans went from having limited flight tech to travelling ~239k miles from Earth.