Why did techcrunch plainly state “because of AI bots” in the headline as though it’s a fact? That’s Reddit’s publicly-stated reason, not some insight into their actual decisionmaking, and bots aren’t forcing them to do anything. “Because it’s profitable for them to do so” is likely the more accurate headline.
Why did techcrunch plainly state “because of AI bots” in the headline as though it’s a fact? That’s Reddit’s publicly-stated reason, not some insight into their actual decisionmaking, and bots aren’t forcing them to do anything. “Because it’s profitable for them to do so” is likely the more accurate headline.
Because they learned either from content mills or corporate news that the way to make money is by being stenographers for the wealthy.