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Reddit's r/opensource Community Bans AI-Related Projects

The community's administrators have decided to ban AI-related projects, citing concerns about low-quality submissions.

The administrators of the r/opensource community on Reddit have announced a new policy that prohibits the introduction of AI-related projects. The policy aims to reduce the number of low-quality submissions, which the administrators believe are often generated by AI.

The policy requires that projects must have been active for over a year, have multiple contributors, and be part of an existing community.

However, the administrators have also established an exception for organizations that meet certain criteria, allowing them to bypass some of the requirements with prior approval.

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