Reddit user content being sold to AI company in $60M/year deal - 9to5Mac
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Reddit user content being sold to AI company in $60M/year deal::It’s being reported that a deal has been struck to allow an unnamed large AI company to use Reddit user…

  • gravitas_deficiencyEnglish
    58·
    9 months ago

    Putting aside pretty much everything else about this announcement: That’s… shockingly cheap.

    • andrew_bidlawEnglish
      23·
      9 months ago

      Probably because it was harvested long before they locked API. I suspect it’s not a purchase but a way to legitimize the datasets already in the works since Reddit said they are now trading them. And our favorite CEO struggles to turn any profits, so he hardly had any leverage to ask for more.

    • Grimy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      9 months ago

      It’s mostly data that’s publically available. It’s more of a gamble I think, it’s only worth anything if the government decides you need to pay for the data you use in training.

      • gravitas_deficiencyEnglish
        18·
        9 months ago

        lol dude most of us were over there for years before jumping ship and coming here

        Wait

        Fuck

        • deus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          14·
          9 months ago

          Shhh, let’s just pretend the average IQ over there dropped when we left.

        • SreudianFlipEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          Before I deleted my account I removed all posts and changed all my comments to a complaint about the enshittification under way. Two accounts, 13 and 11 years old, it was a lot of work.

          • Churbleyimyam@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            9 months ago

            This is awesome. Like chucking some frozen prawns under the floor boards when your landlord kicks you out.