Reddit signs AI training deal with Google – and why OpenAI's Altman could be the winner

Reddit will provide content posted on its forums to Google, which will use it to train and update AI chatbots in a deal reportedly worth $60 million a year that could – oddly enough – deliver big bucks to OpenAI boss Sam Altman. Following rumors of the deal, the Reddit-Google pact was confirmed on Thursday, and will see the …

[Anonymous Coward]

Reddit be like ..

Reddit be like .. infested with apologists for paedos and pervs talking about their imaginary periods :|

[Zippy´s Sausage Factory]

Re: Reddit be like ..

I think this says more about you than about Reddit - I've been on Reddit for ten years and never encountered anything like that.

[Zippy´s Sausage Factory]

Interesting to see the reaction to this on Reddit - I have seen is a bunch of people really upset about this and planning to use delete scripts to change their comments and posts to nonsense before deleting them and the account with it. Probably not enough that Reddit will actually care, but that would be true to form given their recent actions.

[Jason Bloomberg]

The best way to train an AI

Bullshit artists, propagandists, conspiracy theorists, liars and fantasists.

What could possibly go wrong?

[HandleBaz]

Social Butterflies

This certainly will not backfire spectacularly in any way, shape, or form.

Redditors are famously skilled at social interaction, and there are no bots in there.

After all, if Redditors flap their social butterfly wings, there is no chance at all of Tornado down the line.