Mmastodon TechnologyAI first seen 20 h ago, last 19 h ago, peak #10
Reddit kills RSS feeds and public API access, blaming AI bots
Original: Is there nothing that AI won’t ruin? Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots. # ai #
Reddit is ending its RSS feeds and shutting down public API access, citing overwhelming traffic from AI bots scraping its content. The move means third-party tools and readers will lose open access to Reddit data, and it is being discussed as the latest example of AI crawlers forcing platforms to lock down information that was previously freely available.
Why now: People are reacting to another popular platform closing open access, seeing it as collateral damage from aggressive AI scraping.
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