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Reddit introduced "Reddit Reviews," a feature using AI to compile user discussions about products into structured reviews with highlights and key takeaways. The company has been testing the feature since February across categories like Electronics, Video Games, and Health & Beauty, later expanding in September to Home & Garden and Fashion & Apparel.
A data analysis by blogger Peter Vijeh examined comments across six Reddit knife subreddits using a fine-tuned named-entity recognition model to track brand mentions. He found that for one chef's-knife brand, 31% of its mentions in 'what should I buy' threads came from just 5% of accounts, a rate four times higher than random chance would predict, prompting him to review those accounts' full posting histories.
Paramount reportedly enlisted a nonprofit called Neighbors for Strong Communities to send Californians mass text messages urging them to pressure state Attorney General Rob Bonta to drop his antitrust suit against the $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros deal. The messages warned that blocking the merger could cost thousands of jobs, citing owner Larry Ellison's reported threat to relocate Paramount to Texas.