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Reddit announced new AI moderation tools and abuse prevention systems to reduce reliance on karma and account age for posting. The Rules Hub, tested by 700-plus communities, now opens to all new communities and will be widely available later this year.
Reddit plans to replace Automod with Rules Hub, an LLM-based moderation system that reads rule intent, tested in 700+ communities. Public API access tightens, third-party apps must move to Reddit's Developer Platform, and Old Reddit faces phase-out. Reddit has 130M daily users across 100K+ communities.
Reddit expands its Rules Hub test, a suite of LLM-powered tools for moderators, with a full launch planned later this year. The company also plans big changes for developers and old Reddit. AI will help moderate new subreddits first, then the rest of the site.
Reddit plans unspecified changes to Old Reddit to curb AI scraping, warning the 21-year-old desktop version may not last forever. The company is migrating bots and moderation to its modern stack and Developer Platform, gradually restricting API access.
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