Google has signed a multi-year deal to train its AI models on Reddit’s vast archive of user discussions, paying for structured API access instead of free web scraping. The partnership provides Reddit with a major new revenue stream while raising questions about compensation, consent, and traffic for creators. It reflects the rising value of community-generated conversational data in AI development.
ADATA Chairman Chen Li-bai predicts DRAM shortages will persist another decade, with AI demand spanning multiple models and outstripping supply through 2030. SK Hynix warns of the worst shortage in 2027 while prices surge and data centers consume 70% of chips. Structural constraints on wafers, electricity, and new fabs point to prolonged tightness.
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