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ChatGPT Is Now Subject to the EU's Toughest Platform Rules
The European Commission has classified ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine, putting OpenAI under the same strict rules that govern the biggest social media platforms in Europe.

AI moderation tools are removing decade-old Reddit posts, and that's a warning for all social media
A flood of automated deletions inside one of Reddit's most respected communities shows what happens when platforms fight AI-generated junk with more AI, and why the real cost lands on the people who built those communities.

Reddit hints at big changes to the old-style site many loyal users still prefer
A vague blog post signals that old.reddit.com, the stripped-back version of Reddit that millions of long-time users swear by, may not survive much longer in its current form.

Reddit Is Replacing Its Old Moderation Bot With AI That Reads Intent, Not Just Keywords
A new tool called Rules Hub uses large language models to judge whether a post actually breaks a rule. Reddit plans to roll it out site-wide later this year.

Brands Are Flooding Reddit With Fake Reviews So AI Chatbots Pick Them Up. Moderators Are Fighting Back.
AI search tools cite Reddit more than any news site or Wikipedia. Marketers noticed. Now a quiet war is playing out between promotional bots and the volunteer moderators trying to keep communities honest.

Reddit's CEO Takes Aim at Google's AI Search Summaries as the Company's Stock Slides
Steve Huffman used Reddit's quarterly earnings call to question whether Google's AI Overviews feature is quietly draining traffic and value from the platform.

Reddit had a great quarter. So why did its stock drop 10%?
Strong revenue, strong profit, strong guidance. None of it mattered once investors heard two words: 'choppy traffic.'

Google Keeps Fighting AI Web Scrapers After Court Loss. Here's Why It Matters.
Google sued a company called SerpApi for selling search results it had scraped from Google. A judge dealt Google a setback last week. Google says it is pressing on anyway, and Reddit has quietly joined the fight.

The Google traffic deal is dead. What does that mean for the web?
Websites built their businesses on Google sending them readers. Now AI summaries are keeping people on Google's page, and publishers are starting to fight back.