Reddit’s deal with OpenAI will plug its posts into “ChatGPT and new products”

🌈 Abstract

The article discusses a deal between OpenAI and Reddit that allows OpenAI to access real-time content from Reddit's data API, enabling the integration of Reddit discussions into ChatGPT and other OpenAI products. The deal also allows Reddit to bring new AI-powered features to its platform and use OpenAI's large language models to build applications. The article also mentions the potential reactions from Redditors and the details of the deal, including the financial terms and the involvement of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as a Reddit shareholder.

🙋 Q&A

[01] OpenAI's Deal with Reddit

1. What are the key details of the deal between OpenAI and Reddit?

• OpenAI has signed a deal to access real-time content from Reddit's data API, allowing it to integrate Reddit discussions into ChatGPT and other new products.
• The deal will also enable Reddit to bring new AI-powered features to its platform and use OpenAI's large language models to build applications.
• OpenAI has also signed up to become an advertising partner on Reddit.

2. What are the potential reactions from Redditors regarding this deal?

• Redditors have been vocal about how Reddit's executives manage the platform in the past, and it remains to be seen how they will react to this announcement.
• More than 7,000 subreddits went dark in June 2023 after users protested Reddit's changes to its API pricing.
• Recently, following news of a partnership between OpenAI and the programming messaging board Stack Overflow, people were suspended after trying to delete their posts.

3. What are the financial and data-related details of the deal?

• No financial terms were revealed in the blog post announcing the arrangement.
• Neither company mentioned training data, which is different from the deal with Google, where Reddit explicitly stated it would give Google "more efficient ways to train models."
• There is a disclosure mentioning that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is also a shareholder in Reddit, but the partnership was led by OpenAI's COO and approved by its independent Board of Directors.

4. How does Reddit view companies scraping its data to train AI models?

• Reddit has not always been friendly toward companies scraping its data to train AI models.
• It threatened to block Google web crawlers from accessing the site.
• OpenAI also reportedly told the moderators of the subreddit r/ChatGPT that they violated OpenAI's copyright by using the ChatGPT logo as a display photo.