Reddit is using LLMs to solve a problem LLMs largely created
In Brief
8:22 AM PDT · July 6, 2026
It’s easier than ever for bad actors to spew spam across the internet as powerful large language models (LLMs) become effortlessly accessible. If you’ve spent about ten minutes on the internet in the last few years, you will know that this means spam and bot content have gotten become an even bigger problem than they already were.
Reddit says it developed tools with LLMs to cut down on spam, much of which was created with LLMs in the first place. It’s a bit ironic, but in the AI era, platforms have no choice but to fight fire with fire. According to the platform, Reddit blocks 23 million spam views per day and catches about 25,000 new spam posts and comments each day.
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