Reddit rolling out AI bouncer to halt harassment

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The app contains lines of code referencing a large language model trained to assist moderators in preventing publication of harassing posts, and is backed up by a Reddit"The Harassment Filter is an optional community safety setting that lets moderators automatically filter posts and comments that are likely to be considered harassing," the help page reads.

The filter can be enabled in a Reddit community's mod tools, but individual moderators will need to have permissions to change subreddit settings to enable it. The harassment filter can be set to low and high , and also includes an explicit allow list to force the AI to ignore certain keywords, up to 15 of which can be added.

Once enabled, the filter creates a new tag in the moderation queue called"potential harassment," which moderators can review for accuracy. Reddit's help page says the feature is now available on desktop and the official Reddit apps, though it's not clear when the feature was added. We asked Reddit for more info, but haven't heard back.Reddit, which is busily planning its IPO, has been doing everything it can to drum up investor support ahead of itsstock market debut. As with all things to do with raising cash in 2024, that means sticking AI anywhere it can.

 

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