Nation Oct 22 Reddit sues AI company over alleged ‘industrial-scale’ scraping of its users’ comments By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press
Economy Jun 06 AI ‘gold rush’ for chatbot training data could run out of human-written text as early as 2026 A new study released Thursday by research group Epoch AI projects that tech companies will exhaust the supply of publicly available training data for AI language models by roughly the turn of the decade -- sometime between 2026 and 2032. By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press
Economy Mar 21 Reddit, long a home for Internet communities, debuts on stock exchange The company said Wednesday that it had priced its IPO at $34 a share. Shares will begin trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “RDDT.”… By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press
Economy Jun 16 Despite widespread user protest, Reddit CEO says company is ‘not negotiating’ on 3rd-party app charges After outrage erupted over plans to charge some third-party apps for data access, thousands of communities within the online discussion network went dark this week, and many organizers say their protest is not over. By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press
Nation Jun 13 Watch 5:20 Reddit users go dark in protest of policy that could shut out third-party apps More than 6,000 communities on the popular social networking forum Reddit have gone dark as moderators protest the company’s decision to charge some third-party apps for the use of Reddit data. The move is controversial, with many of the apps… By Geoff Bennett, Shoshana Dubnow
Oct 10 Watch 7:02 Who decides what is acceptable speech on social media platforms? By William Brangham, Dorothy Hastings There are questions once again about the future of Twitter and what it should and should not allow online. Specifically, how far should the company go when it comes to permitting free speech? What should be taken down when it… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch 3:54 Online community enables unconventional path to publishing for ‘Old Country’ By Geoff Bennett, Andrew Corkery, Juliet Fuisz "Old Country" is a debut horror-thriller novel gaining attention not just for its page-turning suspense, but also for the way its early draft found publishing success — on Reddit. Geoff Bennett spoke with authors Matt and Harrison Query to learn… Continue watching
Jan 13 Twitter, Meta among social media giants subpoenaed by Jan. 6 panel By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas to Twitter, Meta, Reddit and YouTube, demanding documents after lawmakers said the companies' initial responses were inadequate. Continue reading
Feb 03 Watch 7:04 How unconventional trading led to turmoil on Wall Street By Paul Solman, Lee Koromvokis In late January, a handful of unlikely Wall Street stocks began skyrocketing in value, which has led to big market volatility. The spike was driven by an unconventional group of traders who had banded together on a buying spree, determined… Continue watching
Jun 29 Reddit bans pro-Trump forum in hate speech crackdown By Tali Arbel, Associated Press An online comment forum that is one of the internet's most popular websites has banned a pro-Donald Trump forum as part of a crackdown on hate speech. Continue reading