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Reddit CEO wants Microsoft to pay for its content

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says Microsoft won't even negotiate a deal with them to use their data for its AI searches.

Reddit’s chief executive officer Steve Huffman didn’t pull any punches with Microsoft in an interview with The Verge. He called out Microsoft and other AI search engines like Anthropic and Perplexity for not paying for the information they take from Reddit, some of which have already been blocked from Huffman’s website. Earlier this month, a source confirmed to Engadget ’s Will Shanklin that Microsoft’s refusal to work with Reddit’s terms of service led to the blocking of Bing.

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