Would-be Reddit competitor Digg just shut down because it couldn’t get a handle on the bots overrunning its site. On Wednesday, Reddit said it’s taking on the challenge itself. The company will begin ...

In recent months, a group of researchers conducted a secret experiment on Reddit to see how artificial intelligence can be used to influence human opinion. Now, Reddit says it is considering legal ...

Reddit's well-known debate community, r/ChangeMyView (CMV), has become embroiled in an escalating controversy after moderators announced that it had unwittingly hosted a secret AI experiment. It ...

Researchers from the University of Zurich set out to test how effectively AI bots could persuade and influence people. Their paper noted that earlier studies were biased because they relied on paid ...

Reddit will require accounts that exhibit “automated or otherwise fishy behavior” to verify that a human runs them, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said in a Reddit post today. The verification process aims ...

Lee added that Reddit would pursue "formal legal demands" with "the University of Zurich and this particular research team." ...

TL;DR: Reddit is introducing new measures to label bots and verify human users, aiming to curb automation on a platform that has become a popular hub for automated accounts. The company announced a ...

Reddit will verify if some users are human, but won't cross reference their ID with their Reddit account. Credit: Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP via Getty Images Reddit CEO Steve Huffman caused a stir when ...

This week on the r/GamingLaptops subreddit, moderators are taking a stand and speaking out against an influx of suspiciously pro-MSI spam comments. Since the goal of the moderation team is to keep ...