Reddit is using LLMs to solve a problem LLMs largely created
Reddit is deploying large language models (LLMs) to combat the surge of spam and bot-generated content on its platform. The company claims these new tools have successfully reduced user exposure to spam by 20% in recent months.
Why it matters
It illustrates the 'arms race' in digital moderation where AI is increasingly used to police content created by other AI models.
It’s easier than ever for bad actors to spew spam across the internet as powerful large language models (LLMs) become effortlessly accessible. If you’ve spent about ten minutes on the internet in the last few years, you will know that this means spam and bot content have gotten become an even bigger problem than they already were.
The article objectively reports on a company's technical strategy to address a common platform issue.
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