From Reddit blocks Internet Archive to end sneaky AI scraping by Ashley Belanger on Ars Technica:

Reddit is now blocking the Internet Archive (IA) from indexing popular Reddit threads after allegedly catching sneaky AI firms—restricted from scraping Reddit—instead simply scraping data from IA’s archived content.

I admit that I am confused here. While I am not a fan of AI scrapers or AI slop, it is unclear to me why Reddit is worried about AI firms scraping AI generated content on Reddit (including content promoted by Reddit itself).