beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoReddit Almost Disappears from ChatGPT Answers as Search Citations Drop 86%promptwatch.comexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down18file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1237arrow-down1external-linkReddit Almost Disappears from ChatGPT Answers as Search Citations Drop 86%promptwatch.combeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square39linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareThomasWilliams@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s nothing to do with that. Reddit is blocking AI searches because it’s contract with OpenAI expired last month.
minus-squareREDACTED@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoCorrect me if I’m wrong, but contract has nothing to do with web searches. It was about training AIs, a data-licensing deal. I learned more here, OpenAI themselves changed how the web search works; https://www.forbes.com/sites/gabrielalinzainescu/2026/08/20/reddit-nearly-vanishes-from-chatgpt-citations-after-openai-search-change/
It’s nothing to do with that. Reddit is blocking AI searches because it’s contract with OpenAI expired last month.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but contract has nothing to do with web searches. It was about training AIs, a data-licensing deal.
I learned more here, OpenAI themselves changed how the web search works; https://www.forbes.com/sites/gabrielalinzainescu/2026/08/20/reddit-nearly-vanishes-from-chatgpt-citations-after-openai-search-change/