Reddit’s AI is turning posts into podcasts and short videos
He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.Reddit is trying out a new way for people to take in content on Reddit: by turning text posts into audio / video content. As part of an experiment, some posts are being adapted into videos that use AI voices to read the text of the main post and some comments. The video highlights the text as it’s read by the AI voice, and under the video, a note says that it’s a “Real conversation voiced by AI.”An old post in r/boardgames from eight years ago with 101 responses to a request for good road trip games that adults will like is an example of Reddit’s AI at work.
- ▪He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.Reddit is trying out a new way for people to take in content on Reddit: by turning text posts into audio / video content.
- ▪As part of an experiment, some posts are being adapted into videos that use AI voices to read the text of the main post and some comments.
- ▪The video highlights the text as it’s read by the AI voice, and under the video, a note says that it’s a “Real conversation voiced by AI.”An old post in r/boardgames from eight years ago with 101 responses to a request for good road trip ga
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