There are «good bots» and «bad bots,» Reddit CEO Steve Huffman explains, and they want to keep the good ones with a new [App]-label.
Accounts reported as «fishy» and suspected of automation will be required to verify that they are human. This is done through third party services to keep Reddit from knowing your identity — and uphold their highly valued anonymity.
— For better or worse, using AI to write is part of how people will communicate, Huffman writes, and they do not plan to root that out, leaving it to the rating system.
But, on Reddit, «you should assume that anyone you’re talking to is a human unless otherwise labeled,» he says.
Read more: Huffman’s Reddit post, Ars Technica, Engadget, and Mashable.