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Reddit announced today that it’s bringing on the team from Oterlu, a startup from Gothenburg, Sweden that develops machine learning-powered content moderation tools. Reddit also notes that the agreement will help accelerate the scale of Reddit’s automated safety capabilities. The company’s four-person team, including the co-founders, will be joining Reddit, a spokesperson from the social network confirmed to TechCrunch. In June, Reddit acquired MeaningCloud, a natural language processing company, for an undisclosed amount.
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Reddit announced today that it’s bringing on the team from Oterlu, a startup from Gothenburg, Sweden that develops machine learning-powered content moderation tools.
The Oterlu team will join Reddit’s Safety team and develop native machine learning moderation models that can quickly and accurately detect harmful content across a range of languages, Reddit says.
The Oterlu team will also build new safety tools for Reddit moderators.
By adding the Oterlu team to its Safety team, Reddit will be able to provide moderators on its platform with even more advanced safety tools.
Reddit says the company’s technology will strengthen its machine learning proficiencies and understanding of unstructured data to provide relevant information for Reddit users.
Source
https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/04/reddit-acqui-hires-ml-content-moderation-company-oterlu/
