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Reddit plans mandatory logins to curb AI bot data scraping
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman announced in an October 29 post that the platform plans to become primarily a logged-in service to curb unauthorised scraping by AI bots. Reddit says licensed commercial access will continue, and it will test the change in selected markets outside the US. The company has not confirmed which pages will require an account or when a global rollout will happen.
Week in review: Binance hit by $6.3 billion theft, impact of Brotli vulnerability
The weekly review headlines a $6.3 billion theft affecting Binance and the impact of a Brotli vulnerability, though the excerpt provides no further detail on either. It also notes that the r/opensource subreddit moderators have barred projects that use, are made by, or are intended for AI.
Reddit plans to restrict content to logged-in users to deter scrapers
Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman announced that the site will gradually move to a logged-in model, with limited access for visitors without accounts. The stated aim is to reduce large-scale scraping of user content by bots and data collectors.