Reddit Stock Surges Nearly 9% After Announcing New Platform Update To Block Automated Content Scraping Following Reports Of Leading AI Startups Ignoring Rules
Reddit Stock Surges Nearly 9% After Announcing New Platform Update To Block Automated Content Scraping Following Reports Of Leading AI Startups Ignoring Rules
Social media platform Reddit Inc. (NYSE:RDDT) witnessed a significant surge in its stock value after the company announced a policy update to block automated website scraping.
社交媒体平台Reddit Inc. (纽交所：RDDT)宣布更新政策以阻止自动化网站抓取，其股价有显著增长。
What Happened: Reddit's stock rose by almost 9% following the announcement of a new policy. The company, in a blog post, detailed the changes it is making to its Robots Exclusion Protocol (robots.txt file) to enforce its Public Content Policy, which governs the use of public content on Reddit.
事件经过：Reddit的股价在新政策宣布后上涨近9%。该公司在博客中详细说明了对其机器人排除协议（robots.txt 文件）进行的更改，以执行其公共内容政策，该政策管理Reddit上公共内容的使用。
Reddit underscored that it will also use other tools like rate limits and blocking unknown crawlers from its platform to make sure its content is not scraped by unauthorized parties.
Reddit强调，还将使用其他工具，如速率限制和阻止未知的爬虫从其平台上抓取内容，以确保未经授权的第三方不会抓取其内容。
This comes in the wake of leading AI companies like Microsoft Corp.-backed OpenAI, Alphabet Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.-backed Anthropic, and Nvidia Corp.-backed Perplexity AI reportedly ignoring the robots.txt files of publishers.
这是在微软支持的OpenAI，Alphabet Inc.和亚马逊支持的Anthropic，以及Nvidia支持的Perplexity AI等领先的人工智能公司据报道无视出版商的robots.txt文件后，Reddit采取的行动。
Reddit's update is expected to be implemented in the coming weeks. The social media platform says that this will not affect the majority of Reddit users, including researchers and non-commercial organizations like the Internet Archive, who will still have access to Reddit content.
Reddit的更新计划预计将在未来几周内实施。该社交媒体平台表示，这不会影响大多数Reddit用户，包括研究人员和非商业机构，如互联网档案馆，他们仍将可以访问Reddit内容。
Mark Graham, Director, of Wayback Machine at Internet Archive said, "The Internet Archive is grateful that Reddit appreciates the importance of helping to ensure the digital records of our times are archived and preserved for future generations to enjoy and learn from."
互联网档案馆Wayback Machine的董事Mark Graham表示：“互联网档案馆感谢Reddit重视帮助确保我们时代的数字记录被存档和保护，以供未来的人们欣赏和学习。”
Why It Matters: The decision to update the robots.txt file comes in the wake of increasing concerns about tech companies using content from publishers to train AI algorithms and create search query summaries. This move by Reddit is seen as a proactive step to protect its content and the interests of its users.
为什么重要：更新robots.txt文件的决定是因为越来越多的人担心科技公司使用出版商的内容来训练人形机器人-ai算法并创建搜索请求摘要。Reddit采取此举被视为积极的步骤，以保护其内容和用户的利益。
Price Action: Reddit Inc. stock closed at $61.38 on Tuesday, marking an increase of 8.68% for the day. In after-hours trading, the stock fell 0.29%, bringing the price to $61.20. Over the past year, Reddit's stock has risen by 21.69%, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
价格走势：周二，Reddit Inc.股价收于61.38美元，当日上涨8.68%。盘后交易中，该股下跌0.29%，价格为61.20美元。根据Benzinga Pro的数据，过去一年中，Reddit的股价上涨了21.69%。
Photo courtesy: Shutterstock
图片来源：shutterstock
This story was generated using Benzinga Neuro and edited by Kaustubh Bagalkote
本报道使用Benzinga Neuro生成，并由Kaustubh Bagalkote