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Fortune
Nicholas Gordon

Reddit to charge for API access, CEO blames A.I.

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Reddit is going to start charging large companies for access to its data, and stop large tech companies from hoovering up its user content to train chatbots. 

On Tuesday, the social media site shared that it would launch a “new premium access point” to its application programming interface (API) for those who “require additional capabilities, higher usage limits, and broader usage rights.” (An API governs how two different programs work with each other)

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