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.
社交媒體平台Reddit Inc. (紐交所：RDDT)宣佈更新政策以阻止自動化網站抓取，其股價有顯著增長。
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.
事件經過：Reddit的股價在新政策宣佈後上漲近9%。該公司在博客中詳細說明了對其機器人排除協議（robots.txt 文件）進行的更改，以執行其公共內容政策，該政策管理Reddit上公共內容的使用。
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強調，還將使用其他工具，如速率限制和阻止未知的爬蟲從其平台上抓取內容，以確保未經授權的第三方不會抓取其內容。
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.
這是在微軟支持的OpenAI，Alphabet Inc.和亞馬遜支持的Anthropic，以及Nvidia支持的Perplexity AI等領先的人工智能公司據報道無視出版商的robots.txt文件後，Reddit採取的行動。
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的更新計劃預計將在未來幾周內實施。該社交媒體平台表示，這不會影響大多數Reddit用戶，包括研究人員和非商業機構，如互聯網檔案館，他們仍將可以訪問Reddit內容。
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."
互聯網檔案館Wayback Machine的董事Mark Graham表示：“互聯網檔案館感謝Reddit重視幫助確保我們時代的數字記錄被存檔和保護，以供未來的人們欣賞和學習。”
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.
爲什麼重要：更新robots.txt文件的決定是因爲越來越多的人擔心科技公司使用出版商的內容來訓練人形機器人-ai算法並創建搜索請求摘要。Reddit採取此舉被視爲積極的步驟，以保護其內容和用戶的利益。
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.
價格走勢：週二，Reddit Inc.股價收於61.38美元，當日上漲8.68%。盤後交易中，該股下跌0.29%，價格爲61.20美元。根據Benzinga Pro的數據，過去一年中，Reddit的股價上漲了21.69%。
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This story was generated using Benzinga Neuro and edited by Kaustubh Bagalkote
本報道使用Benzinga Neuro生成，並由Kaustubh Bagalkote
譯文內容由第三人軟體翻譯。