{
  "id": 10997964,
  "title": "Reddit says it has to cut back access to ‘Old Reddit’ because of AI bots",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/reddit-says-it-has-to-cut-back-access-to-old-reddit-because-of-ai-bots",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-30T17:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/1002788/old-reddit-ai-scraping"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Reddit is further limiting who can use the \"Old Reddit\" experience as part of its efforts to combat scraping and automated traffic. Reddit recently started forcing users to log in to be able to use Old Reddit, but in the \"next few months,\" the company says that you'll have to be logged in and have […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/reddit-is-killing-rss-feeds-and-ending-public-api-access-because-of",
        "published": "2026-09-30T17:45:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}