beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoReddit Almost Disappears from ChatGPT Answers as Search Citations Drop 86%promptwatch.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1242file-text
arrow-up1242external-linkReddit Almost Disappears from ChatGPT Answers as Search Citations Drop 86%promptwatch.combeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareThomasWilliams@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day 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-up2·1 day 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/