[Eisenstein]

> A subtle wealth transfer from OpenAI/Microsoft to Reddit (and tbh other VC backed flailing companies) would totally make sense.

That's the confusing part -- the person I responded to posited that they didn't pay reddit and thus couldn't use the data which is the only scenario that doesn't make sense to me.

[vineyardmike]

I suppose a "data transfer" from Reddit to OAI would be valuable for SamA too? Still a transfer of value from one hand to the other, while others (eg. Google) have to pay.

That said, I wouldn't be surprised if they pay now. They can't get away with scraping as easily now that they are better-known and commercially incentivized.