What Happened
Reddit will require accounts that exhibit “automated or otherwise fishy behavior” to verify that a human runs them, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said in a Reddit post today.
Why It Matters
The verification process aims to combat unwanted bots from flooding Reddit at a time when AI bots are poised to take over the Internet.
Key Details
- “As AI becomes a bigger part of the Internet, we want to make sure that when you’re on Reddit, you know when you’re talking to a person and when you’re not,” Huffman said.
- Human verification will only occur if Reddit suspects that an account is a bot.
- This is “rare” and won’t apply to “most users,” Huffman emphasized.
- If the account cannot prove that it's human, it “may be restricted,” he said.Read full article Comments
Background Context
Reddit will require accounts that exhibit “automated or otherwise fishy behavior” to verify that a human runs them, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said in a Reddit post today. The verification process aims to combat unwanted bots from flooding Reddit at a time when AI bots are poised to take over the Internet. “As AI becomes a bigger part of the Internet, we want to make sure that when you’re on Reddit, you know when you’re talking to a person and when you’re not,” Huffman said. Human verification will only occur if Reddit suspects that an account is a bot. This is “rare” and won’t apply to “most users,” Huffman emphasized. If the account cannot prove that it's human, it “may be restricted,” he sa
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