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AI Loves Reddit, but Redditors Aren't So Sure

August 31, 2026·20 min·4-min readconversationalbusiness
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Reddit has become a critical source of training data for large language models (LLMs) like those powering AI chatbots from Google, OpenAI, and others, due to its vast archive of authentic, user-generated content. This newfound importance is driving brands—long indifferent to Reddit—to sud

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Katie Deighton

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