Reddit Integrates AI-Powered Search With New “Reddit Answers” via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Reddit is investigating a caller AI-powered hunt diagnostic called “Reddit Answers” with a tiny radical of users successful the United States.

This instrumentality should assistance users find information, recommendations, and idiosyncratic opinions by utilizing existent conversations from Reddit’s galore communities.

In an announcement, the institution states:

“In enactment with our ngo to empower communities and supply quality perspectives to everyone, starting today, we’re rolling retired a trial of Reddit Answers, a caller mode to get the information, recommendations, discussions, and blistery takes radical are looking for – connected immoderate taxable – from existent conversations and communities crossed each of Reddit.”

Transforming Search On Reddit

Reddit Answers offers a elemental hunt instrumentality powered by AI.

You tin inquire questions and get applicable answers from discussions connected Reddit.

Screenshot from redditinc.com/blog/introducing-reddit-answers, December 2024.

When a question is submitted, the instrumentality creates summaries of conversations and details from antithetic subreddits.

It besides links related communities and posts, allowing you to research afloat conversations for much context.

The annoucement continues:

“People cognize that Reddit has answers, advice, and perspectives connected astir thing they’re looking for, and AI-powered hunt is portion of our longer-term imaginativeness to amended the hunt acquisition connected Reddit – making it faster, smarter, and much relevant.”

Screenshot from reddit.com/answers, December 2024.

Why This Matters

Reddit’s hunt relation has been a occupation for users, who often find it little effectual than different hunt engines. Reddit Answers aims to code this and assistance users find accusation much easy connected the platform.

Many users crook to Google to hunt for Reddit content, adding “Reddit” to their queries due to the fact that Reddit’s hunt often lacks applicable results.

By utilizing AI to supply targeted answers and summaries, Reddit Answers could trim this reliance connected Google and support users engaged.

Availability

Currently, the diagnostic is disposable to a constricted fig of users successful the U.S. and lone works successful English. The institution plans to adhd much languages and grow to further locations soon.

Those anxious to acquisition the caller hunt diagnostic and enactment informed astir its availability tin sojourn the dedicated Reddit Answers webpage for updates.

SEJ STAFF Matt G. Southern Senior News Writer astatine Search Engine Journal

Matt G. Southern, Senior News Writer, has been with Search Engine Journal since 2013. With a bachelor’s grade successful communications, ...