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Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots
techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/reddit-is-killing-rss-feeds-ending-public-api-access-because-of-ai-bots/posted in Technology
Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots
techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/reddit-is-killing-rss-feeds-ending-public-api-access-because-of-ai-bots/Replying to @return2ozma@lemmy.world
because of AI bots
We all know they really were just looking for any excuse
Replying to @gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone
I’m glad to hear that from someone that’s as anti-ai as you
Replying to @Mubelotix@jlai.lu
Honestly like I hate AI but I still use it
Replying to @gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone
there are some very narrow uses where AI is actually useful. Most of what it’s used for is junk though. The early internet was the same way, but at least that was charming about it. I doubt that a website comprised of 1200 clipart hamster gifs and a pitch toned clip of a song from Disney’s Robin Hood is going to hack a competing Sites mainframe looking for ways to inflate its page veiws.
The AI bubble will burst, companies will actually sit down, pull their heads out of their asses, and actually apply it to something useful, as it was originally conceived.