OpenAI And Reddit Announce New Partnership

Reddit and OpenAI announced a new partnership on May 16th. With this alliance, OpenAI will bring Reddit content—including real-time information— to ChatGPT, and Reddit will implement AI-powered features for users and moderators. Both companies will also become advertising partners.

The official announcement was originally shared on Reddit’s website. “Reddit has become one of the internet’s largest open archives of authentic, relevant, and always up-to-date human conversations about anything and everything,” said Steve Huffman, Reddit Co-Founder and CEO, in the release. “Including it in ChatGPT upholds our belief in a connected internet, helps people find more of what they’re looking for, and helps new audiences find community on Reddit.”

Both companies have emphasized the relevance of human expressions on Reddit and their efforts to keep the internet open. OpenAI will get access to Reddit’s API and will be able to scroll all data, including recent topics.

OpenAI has shared the announcement with a note on their website, clarifying that Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, is a shareholder in Reddit and the partnership was led by OpenAI. According to Reuters, Reddit’s shares rose 13% the day after the announcement.

Earlier this year, in February, Google signed a similar deal with Reddit to train Gemini with the platform’s content. Now, both companies are competing to get the best and most human-like AI assistant with recent announcements of new AI models GPT-4o and Project Astra, and are officially using equal sources to feed their generative artificial intelligence products.

Reaction And Concern

OpenAI’s announcement post on X has so far over 1,000 comments from users, including Elon Musk.

X CEO Elon Musk wrote that Grok, Musk’s generative artificial intelligence chatbot, will partner with the controversial 4Chan community, evidently mocking OpenAI’s announcement and new partnership with Reddit.

While many do celebrate the announcement, multiple users were concerned about the false information and biased content on Reddit. “Misinformation and bias galore. I just hope ChatGPT won’t be trained on Reddit content. This is a disaster waiting to happen,” said one user.

Other users believe OpenAI already trained its AI products with Reddit and assured that this was just a financial move and a way to stay on good terms with the company. “It’s so obvious that ChatGPT was trained on Reddit. This is OpenAI making peace for the future,” wrote another.