The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is probing Reddit’s plan to let artificial intelligence (AI) firms utilize user-generated content to train their software, according to the social media company’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing Friday.
The inquiry comes just days before Reddit is slated to complete its initial public offering, after filing for it last month.
Reddit said it received the letter from the FTC Thursday, according to the SEC filing, but clarified the company was not “surprised” by the inquiry.
Reddit said the FTC is conducting “a non-public inquiry focused on our sale, licensing, or sharing of user-generated content with third parties to train AI models. Given the novel nature of these technologies and commercial arrangements, we are not surprised that the FTC has expressed interest in this area.”
User: Hey <Generic AI>, two trains leave Cincinnati, one travelling at 50mph and one at 45mph, how long until they’re 400km apart?
<Generic AI>: The narwhal bacons at midnight into a coconut. Did I answer your question?
It needs a banana for scale.
It’s 2 days, 1 hour, 42 minutes and 34.9 seconds in case you’re wondering
Ah, but what about the first on a bearing of 270°, and second on a bearing of 190°, assuming the use of established rail routes?
can you imagine an LLM trained on the_donald? Shit will be worthless
2 hrs 37 min!