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Online forum Reddit to join closely-tracked S&P 500 index next week

Reddit will join the S&P 500 next week, giving the wide-ranging online forum a boost in prestige and investments. Joining the S&P 500 is considered an achievement for a company because the index is a widely followed measure of the broader US stock market's health. A company is selected for the index based on several criteria that demonstrate stability, including market size and consistent profitability. Reddit's stock surged 12.6 per cent Friday. Aside from status, inclusion means more investments. The index tracks 500 of the biggest US stocks, and trillions of dollars in investments benchmark themselves against it. Those investments include mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. Essentially, those funds will have to buy the stock once it becomes part of the index that the fund is tracking or mimicking. Investors are depending more than ever on funds that simply mimic indexes such as the S&P 500. It's a lower-cost way to invest, allowing savers to keep more of their ...

Why AI-generated spam is becoming a bigger threat to online communities

According to Reddit's latest moderation data, online communities use AI to defend against AI-generated spam, coordinated manipulation and fake engagement

Rising AI token usage strains company cost structures despite lower rates

Even as per-token prices fall, rising usage from complex AI workflows is pushing up overall costs for companies, raising concerns among developers, startups, and industry experts

Reddit may ask you to verify if you are human, bots to be labelled: Details

Reddit is updating its platform with bot labelling and limited human verification prompts, while continuing to focus on user anonymity

Reddit is testing AI-powered shopping results in Search: How it works

Reddit is trying out a new way to show product suggestions in Search, turning user discussions into clickable shopping results for select users in the US

What is Moltbook: Reddit-like social media platform where AI talks to AI

Moltbook, a new social media platform, is built only for AI agents, while humans are allowed to quietly watch

Reddit challenges Australia's law banning under-16s from social media

Global online forum Reddit on Friday filed a court challenge to Australia's world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world's most popular social media platforms. California-based Reddit Inc's suit filed in the High Court follows a case filed last month by Sydney-based rights group Digital Freedom Project. Both suits claim the law is unconstitutional because it infringes on Australia's implied freedom of political communication. "We believe there are more effective ways for the Australian government to accomplish our shared goal of protecting youth, and the SMMA (Social Media Minimum Age) law carries some serious privacy and political expression issues for everyone on the internet," Reddit said in a statement. "While we agree with the importance of protecting people under 16, this law has the unfortunate effect of forcing intrusive and potentially insecure verification processes on adults as well as minors, isolating teens from the .

Australia expands under-16 social media ban to include Reddit: Key details

The government had earlier said Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube would fall under the law, noting that other unspecified platforms could also be covered

WhatsApp, Reddit hit by Australia's social media ban; check full list here

eSafety Commissioner has written to 16 firms, warning that the ban may apply to their services and encouraging them to use the 'self-assessment' tool

Reddit posts will not be archived on Wayback Machine: Here's what it means

Reddit is restricting the Wayback Machine to archiving only its homepage, blocking access to posts, comments, and profiles to prevent AI firms from scraping data

Reddit plans major AI push to rival Google in search engine market: Report

Reportedly, Reddit is focusing on search tools and AI features to turn the platform into a full search engine and reduce dependence on Google

Reddit update lets users share comments as posts, get insights: Details

Reddit is rolling out features to share comments as posts, track comment insights, and auto-save drafts-enhancing engagement and giving users more control and visibility

Reddit sues Anthropic for using user content to train AI without consent

Reddit alleges Anthropic scraped platform content to train Claude without permission, contrasting it with licensed deals with OpenAI and Google to safeguard user rights

Reddit sues Anthropic for allegedly 'scraping' user data to train Claude

Social media platform Reddit sued the artificial intelligence company Anthropic on Wednesday, alleging that it is illegally "scraping" the comments of Reddit users to train its chatbot Claude. Reddit claims that Anthropic has used automated bots to access Reddit's content despite being asked not to do so, and intentionally trained on the personal data of Reddit users without ever requesting their consent. Anthropic said in a statement that it disagreed with Reddit's claims "and will defend ourselves vigorously. Reddit filed the lawsuit Wednesday in California Superior Court in San Francisco, where both companies are based. AI companies should not be allowed to scrape information and content from people without clear limitations on how they can use that data, said Ben Lee, Reddit's chief legal officer, in a statement Wednesday. Reddit has previously entered licensing agreements with Google, OpenAI and other companies to enable them to train their AI systems on Reddit commentary. T

Reddit lets users selectively hide posts from their profiles: How it works

Reddit is rolling out new customisation tools, allowing users to manage post visibility, NSFW content, follower count and profile settings more granularly

Reddit adds AI-powered Hindi translation for posts and comments: Details

Redditors can utilise this feature by clicking on the translate icon on the top right corner of the Reddit app on iOS, Android, or desktop

Reddit expands AI-powered 'Answers' to India: What is it and how it works

Reddit Answers uses AI to collect information from the platform and presents it to the users with all relevant post attachments, comment links, and conversation threads

Reddit post sparks debate: Buy or rent amid Bengaluru's realty boom?

With rising prices and peer pressure, experts suggest focusing on financial readiness over FOMO

Now, Google Gemini creates answers on Reddit by scanning community posts

With the Google Gemini integration, Reddit will be able to generate more relevant and conversational responses by basing them on actual existing community posts

Man earning Rs 82,000 a month says it's not enough, sparks online debate

Reddit users are debating how much money is necessary to live comfortably in a small town after an Indian man posted that he needed a second job despite earning Rs 82,000