Google made a deal With reddit This will allow the search engine maker to train its AI models on Reddit’s vast catalog of user-generated content, the two companies announced. Under the deal, Google will gain access to Reddit’s Data API, which will help the company “better understand” the content on the site.
The deal also provides Google with a valuable source of content it can use to train its AI models. “Google will now have efficient and structured access to fresher data, along with improved signals to help us better understand and display Reddit content, train and use it in the most accurate and relevant ways,” the company said. statement.
Access to Reddit’s data became a major issue after the company announced last year that it would start charging developers to use its API. The changes resulted in many third-party shutdowns and a where thousands of subreddits have temporarily “gone dark”. Reddit partially justified the changes, saying that there are big AI companies without paying for his information. In a statement, Reddit noted that the new agreement with Google “does not change Reddit’s Data API Terms or Developer Terms” and that “API access remains free for non-commercial use.”
The deal comes as Reddit is expected to go public in the coming weeks. Neither Google nor Reddit have disclosed the terms of the settlement Bloomberg last week, Reddit signed a licensing deal with a “major artificial intelligence company” worth “about $60 million” a year. He also confirmed that amount , It was the first to report Google’s involvement.
