Reddit CEO: AI does not exist as we know it without Reddit | Invest 2026
Reddit co-founder and chief executive Steve Huffman tells Brian Sozzi that every model he has heard of trained on Reddit’s content, with or without the company’s permission, and that there is no artificial intelligence without actual intelligence. He says the search referral decline Reddit flagged on its 29 October earnings call has continued, that Google’s AI overviews simply drive less traffic, and that Reddit will begin testing a logged-in experience in the United States this quarter. On the Google licensing deal now up for renewal he says only that the two are still working on it. The $60 million a year figure is Sozzi’s, from press reporting, and neither company has confirmed it.
Featuring:
Steve Huffman, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Reddit
Brian Sozzi, Executive Editor, Yahoo Finance
Brooke DiPalma, Senior Reporter, Yahoo Finance
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Timestamps
0:00 Happy birthday, and what is pressuring Reddit’s traffic
1:04 “There is no artificial intelligence without actual intelligence”
2:24 Whether Google’s AI overviews are the cause
4:02 The questions that have no answers
5:02 The Google deal, and where the renewal stands
6:30 Would he turn Google off?
8:15 Asking logged-out users to log in
10:25 A viewer asks whether a login kills the quick answer
11:54 What he is most excited about next year
#Reddit #AI #GoogleSearch #YahooFinance
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