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Reddit tests AI-powered search results, mulls paid subreddits

The new search summaries aim to help users 'dive deeper' into the site. A similar AI experiment didn't work so well for Google.

Many people, Huffman explained, use Reddit like a search engine, "literally typing into a box exactly what they're interested in." A natural question -- given Reddit's typical demographic -- is: How does the company plan to keep its AI from going rogue and offering up recipes for glue pizza or gasoline spaghetti-- as Google was accused of doing? But now we will unlock the door for new use cases, new types of subreddits that can be built that may have exclusive content or private areas, things of that nature."

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