Reddit to Launch AI-Powered Chatbot to Ward Off Search Engines
- AI chabot will summarize Reddit posts and conversations
- Reddit uses artificial intelligence models from OpenAI, Google
Chatbots have become a popular feature within social networking products as a way to keep users from leaving to rival services every time they have a question.
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Reddit Inc. is testing a new AI-powered chatbot as the social media company looks for ways to increase user interactions and keep people on its site.
The chatbot, called Reddit Answers, will help users find information, make recommendations and surface discussions from across the platform’s forums.