The Morning After: Reddit is blocking AI search engines that don't cough up for access
Briefly

When Reddit said last month it would block unauthorized data scraping from its site, most assumed it was to tackle chatbot training. Turns out, Reddit is also blocking search engines like Bing and DuckDuckGo who won't agree to AI training requirements.
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