Google is deploying its AI summary tool as part of its main search engine now.
Prior to this, many people used Reddit to find detailed information about, answer questions pertaining to, or otherwise discuss, more niche topics.
Google has scraped Reddit and has basically all of its information, as well as the… basically the entire rest of the internet.
Will Google’s deployment of AI powered summaries as its default search tool impact the projected future usage and growth of Reddit?
Reddit CEO/Board of Directors:
No.
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Current lawsuit is over that ‘No’ being a lie, as well as whether or not it was an intentional lie, as in, they knew it would, and lied, and said it would not.
More technically, the relevant term is ‘misrepresentation of a material fact’, which is essentially the legal term for ‘lying to investors’, though the exact standards of this can be different in arcane legal ways from other kinds of legal ‘lying’ such as defamation, slander, providing false info to a police officer, perjury, etc.
ELI5 version.
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Reddit Investors:
Google is deploying its AI summary tool as part of its main search engine now.
Prior to this, many people used Reddit to find detailed information about, answer questions pertaining to, or otherwise discuss, more niche topics.
Google has scraped Reddit and has basically all of its information, as well as the… basically the entire rest of the internet.
Will Google’s deployment of AI powered summaries as its default search tool impact the projected future usage and growth of Reddit?
Reddit CEO/Board of Directors:
No.
…
Current lawsuit is over that ‘No’ being a lie, as well as whether or not it was an intentional lie, as in, they knew it would, and lied, and said it would not.
More technically, the relevant term is ‘misrepresentation of a material fact’, which is essentially the legal term for ‘lying to investors’, though the exact standards of this can be different in arcane legal ways from other kinds of legal ‘lying’ such as defamation, slander, providing false info to a police officer, perjury, etc.