Deployment of AIs in the real world
Summary
Reddit has deployed AI/LLMs to analyze all posts and comments in real time for hate speech and harmful content, enabling automatic bans within seconds, contrasting with Instagram and Facebook where such analysis is not applied as rigorously.
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